On 15 December 2011, following a major reshuffle of the Venezuelan political leadership, President Chávez proposed Jaua to be the PSUV candidate for governor of the state of Miranda (reported in El Universal).
After the elections, the Legislative Council of Lara State remained consisted of 12 legislators of the PSUV and one each from Patria Para Todos (PPT, "Fatherland for All"), the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) and Accion Democratica (AD).
In 2008 he was denied membership of the new PSUV party after he "denounced irregularities in the Ministry of Infrastructure under the management of José David Cabello" (brother of Diosdado Cabello).