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Marcos Juárez votes Sunday in a race with less national involvement

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Marcos Juárez will elect its mayor on Sunday in a seven-list contest, with former mayor Pedro Dellarosa among the leading candidates.
  • La Libertad Avanza is not presenting a candidate, while national figures including Mauricio Macri, Patricia Bullrich and Luis Juez have backed Dellarosa.
  • The city gained national political importance after its 2014 election helped shape the alliance that became Juntos por el Cambio, but that level of attention has not returned this time.

Marcos Juárez, once the political “kilometer zero” of Juntos por el Cambio, will elect its mayor on Sunday in a contest that carries less national weight than previous races. Seven lists are competing, and La Libertad Avanza has chosen not to field a candidate.

Former mayor Pedro Dellarosa, running for Marcos Juárez Puede, has attracted support from Senator Luis Juez, former President Mauricio Macri and Patricia Bullrich. His main challenger could be Germán Font, a former Córdoba provincial official aligned with the provincial administration and running for Generación M.

The other candidates are Gerardo Pasquali of Marcos Juárez Despierta, a UCR-backed front that broke with Dellarosa and the Partido Demócrata; neighborhood candidate Verónica Crescente; Ana Elzaurdía of Una Nueva Oportunidad; Juan Carlos Escobar of the Partido Libertario; and Jorge Bolcato of Encuentro Vecinal Córdoba.

Dellarosa previously served as mayor in 2014 and 2018, and is seeking a third term. He also served in Governor Martín Llaryora’s administration as production minister and as a director of Banco Córdoba. His father, Henry Bautista, held the mayor’s office six times.

Macri told Dellarosa in a recorded message: “Where the PRO has governed, people live better. You were one of the first. That is where the change began.” If Dellarosa wins, several political currents could claim a connection to the victory, including local Peronists, provincial officials, Macrismo and libertarians. The libertarians sought to run him under their label, but after he refused, they decided not to present a list and said they had affinities with most candidates.

The vote will use a paper single-ballot system and new polling centers. The city’s 2014 election made it a reference point for the political alliance that later became Juntos por el Cambio, drawing national party figures to subsequent contests. The article says that pattern is not being repeated now.

Where the PRO has governed, people live better. You were one of the first. That is where the change began.

· Mauricio MacriThe former president backed Pedro Dellarosa in a recorded campaign message.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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