Being a politician is a stressful job where harsh criticism is commonplace. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the stress associated with high political office takes a toll on the health of politicians. In this paper, we study the health consequences of winning political office in a more systematic way. To do so, we combine rich administrative data from Norway on public health care use combined with data on mayors, the only full-time employed politician at the local level. We run an event study of being elected into office comparing elected mayors to demographically similar groups not elected into office. Our analysis reveals that while winning full-time political office results in a substantial income boost, there is no evidence to suggest that it impacts mental or overall health.