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Argentina Sets Midterm Slates as Milei Plans Campaign Launch and Faces Veto Test

Karina Milei’s centralized candidate map signals a bid to turn presidential popularity into legislative muscle through a nationwide poll‑watching drive.

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Franco Mastantuono, en el último entrenamiento del Real Madrid antes del debut en la Liga de España contra Osasuna. Foto: EFE/Chema Moya
Bolivian presidential candidate centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), accompanied by his wife Maria Elena Urquidi, reacts, as early official results show that he is leading Sunday's presidential race, in La Paz, Bolivia August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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Overview

  • With tickets filed nationwide, 127 of 257 lower‑house seats and 24 Senate seats will be renewed, and the Boleta Única de Papel will be used nationwide for the first time on Oct. 26.
  • Javier Milei is slated to present La Libertad Avanza’s Buenos Aires candidates at a Junín event on Tuesday after strategy meetings in the Casa Rosada, as the ruling camp readies operations and seeks about 40,000 poll watchers in the province and 100,000 nationwide.
  • La Libertad Avanza’s slates were stitched by Karina Milei to prioritize loyalty while blending cabinet figures, PRO allies and outsiders such as Karen Reichardt, with José Luis Espert topping the Buenos Aires list and Diego Santilli in the third spot.
  • A congressional session set for Aug. 20 will consider presidential vetoes on pension hikes, a moratorium, and emergencies for Bahía Blanca and disability, with the opposition courting disaffected candidates and the government counting votes to block two‑thirds majorities.
  • In Santa Fe, the constitutional convention’s commissions are signing reports this week, a drafting panel will prepare text from Aug. 25 for late‑August votes, and the midterm field set unified slates led by Vice Governor Gisela Scaglia for Provincias Unidas and Caren Tepp for Peronism.