Ok you are gambling just for fun, your friends and neighbors knows that and a friend invited you to his party to be one of the candidates as a councilor and campaign will start in 6 months, now, of course, you need to have a good reputation, will you stop gambling just to have a good image this coming campaign and how will you defend yourself if accused as a gambler.
It depends on how long you are gambling before you entered the politic, no one will believe you if you say you are going to stop gambling and you have been gambling for 10 to 15 years and you just stopped because you are going to politics, people are wiser now, but if you have a very good reputation even if you are into gambling, then you have a chance.