Whanganui MP Chester Borrows is keen to get his feet under the Cabinet table and he believes Saturday's election success may help clinch it.
Mr Borrows - who comfortably got across the line for a fourth term - has been recognised already by Prime Minister John Key. He was named Minister of Courts in 2011 and followed that with roles as associate minister of both Justice and Social Development.
Now the 57-year-old former policeman and lawyer reckons he's ready for the main game but will have to wait until Mr Key makes his ministerial appointments, which will probably be in about a week.
At the moment Mr Borrows sits outside Cabinet but he is frank about his ambitions being higher than that.
"Being outside Cabinet means you don't go to Cabinet meetings every Monday. I want to fly as high as I can so I want to be a minister inside Cabinet," he told the Chronicle on Saturday night.