In April 1927 he became Deputy Ortsgruppenleiter (Local Group Leader) in Wiesbaden. He soon moved up to Ortsgruppenleiter, and from 20 May 1928 was the leader of the Nazis on the Wiesbaden City Council. In 1930 Habicht was elected to the Provincial Landtag of Hessen-Nassau.[1] By September 1931, he had also been elected to the Reichstag for electoral constituency 19, Hesse-Nassau, and theoretically retained this position until 1938.[1]