In the 2008 cantonal elections, Pradié was elected in the first round for the canton of Labastide-Murat, becoming the second-youngest councilor in France behind Jean Sarkozy and beating Lucien-Georges Foissac, his former teacher.
His campaign, which he led on his Moped, was atypical for local election campaigns.

In 2011, Xavier Bertrand, Minister of Labour, appointed him to look at youth employment.

In 2012, at age 26, Pradié ran as a candidate for the UMP in Lot's 1st constituency.
With 40% of the vote in the second round, he was defeated by the incumbent MP Dominique Orliac (PRG).
His campaign spending accounts were rejected by the Constitutional Council, which made him ineligible to run again for a year.

In the 2014 municipal elections, Pradié was elected mayor of Labastide-Murat, when his party list received over 70% of the vote.
He was elected immediate thereafter as president of the Community of Communes for Causse de Labastide-Murat.
In this role, he helped open a health centre in the Communes of Labastide-Murat.
Following the merger of communities, he became mayor of Cœur-de-Causse (the new merged commune) in 2016.

During the electoral redistricting that took place before departmental elections in 2015, the former canton of Labastide-Murat was cut in two and part of the canton was amalgamated into the larger Canton of Causse et Vallées, which included 47 other communes.
Pradié criticised the new redistricting, saying it was done to make it more difficult for him to be elected, and declined to run again in the new district.
That same year, he was elected a regional councilor in Occitanie, where he sat on the committee for labor, professional development and apprenticeships.

On January 5, 2018, following French law against holding cumulative mandates, he resigned from his positions as mayor, president of the Community of Communes and as Regional Councilor.
However, he remained a municipal and community councilor.
In the 2008 cantonal elections, Pradié was elected in the first round for the canton of Labastide-Murat, becoming the second-youngest councilor in France behind Jean Sarkozy and beating Lucien-Georges Foissac, his former teacher. His campaign, which he led on his Moped, was atypical for local election campaigns.
In 2011, Xavier Bertrand, Minister of Labour, appointed him to look at youth employment.
In 2012, at age 26, Pradié ran as a candidate for the UMP in Lot's 1st constituency. With 40% of the vote in the second round, he was defeated by the incumbent MP Dominique Orliac (PRG). His campaign spending accounts were rejected by the Constitutional Council, which made him ineligible to run again for a year.
In the 2014 municipal elections, Pradié was elected mayor of Labastide-Murat, when his party list received over 70% of the vote. He was elected immediate thereafter as president of the Community of Communes for Causse de Labastide-Murat. In this role, he helped open a health centre in the Communes of Labastide-Murat. Following the merger of communities, he became mayor of Cœur-de-Causse (the new merged commune) in 2016.
During the electoral redistricting that took place before departmental elections in 2015, the former canton of Labastide-Murat was cut in two and part of the canton was amalgamated into the larger Canton of Causse et Vallées, which included 47 other communes. Pradié criticised the new redistricting, saying it was done to make it more difficult for him to be elected, and declined to run again in the new district. That same year, he was elected a regional councilor in Occitanie, where he sat on the committee for labor, professional development and apprenticeships.
On January 5, 2018, following French law against holding cumulative mandates, he resigned from his positions as mayor, president of the Community of Communes and as Regional Councilor. However, he remained a municipal and community councilor.
Aurélien Pradié