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Early primary election results showed Yamandu Orsi, mayor of Uruguay’s second-largest region, had won the main left-wing opposition’s primary election, topping challenger Carolina Cosse, mayor of the capital Montevideo. Polls show Uruguayans cooling on the center-right coalition of President Luis Lacalle Pou, despite its successful steering of the farming economy of 3.4 million people through the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic setbacks following the war in Ukraine.
“Today we have the formula ,” Orsi said during his victory speech with his rival Cosse by his side, indicating that she would be his running mate as the campaign got underway. Lacalle Pou remains popular but his cabinet has been rocked by accusations of political espionage and corruption. He himself cannot run for immediate re-election.
Several presidential hopefuls for the smaller Colorado Party had said they would unite behind the National Party nominee to prevent the left from returning to power, including Andres Ojeda who secured the party nomination on Sunday.