She is currently serving as a member of the Storting and the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services.[3] Listhaug has been called a "rising star" in the Progress Party by both national and international media.[4][5][6][7] She has been mentioned by long-time party chairman Carl I. Hagen as a candidate to succeed Siv Jensen as party leader.[8][9][10] Listhaug was constituted as First Deputy Leader of the Progress Party in September 2018.