"I stood up because this is the Liberia that I love"

Following the end of the Liberian Civil War, Weah announced his intention to run for President of Liberia in the 2005 elections, forming the Congress for Democratic Change political party to back his candidacy. Although Weah's CDC obtained a plurality of votes in the first round, they lost the run-off to Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in 2005, and again in 2011.

In 2014, Weah ran for Senator of Montserrado County, the capital region, and won, in a landslide victory over the son of then-president Sirleaf.