A member of the Democratic Alliance, Fuchs served as a Johannesburg city councillor for 18 years, 10 years as a ward councillor and 8 years as a proportional representation (PR) councillor. In 2013, Fuchs was appointed chief whip of the DA caucus in the city.
In 2014, Fuchs was elected as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. He was then appointed as the DA's spokesperson (Shadow MEC) on Infrastructure Development by John Moodey, the DA's caucus leader.[2] During his first term in the provincial legislature, he served as an alternate member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and as a member of the Infrastructure Development Committee.[3] In 2016, he was the DA's campaign manager in the Mogale City Local Municipality for that's year municipal election. The DA briefly held the mayoral position after the election.[1]
In 2019, Fuchs was re-elected to the provincial legislature.[4] Newly elected DA caucus leader Solly Msimanga announced that Fuchs would remain as Infrastructure Development spokesperson.[5] He remained a member of the Infrastructure Development committee. He is also an alternate member of the Education Committee and a member of the Health Committee.[6] Fuchs is the DA's constituency head for Lenasia and surrounding areas.[3]