Overview

• The national deputy was confirmed as head of La Libertad Avanza’s list in Buenos Aires for the 2025 midterms, with provincial voting on Sept. 7 and national ballots on Oct. 26.
• He said the 2025 bid is a launchpad for a 2027 run for governor and that he would leave a renewed lower-house term early if he wins that race.
• Espert said he is coordinating with President Javier Milei and cabinet ministers on a parallel program for Buenos Aires that mirrors national policies to shrink the state, cut taxes, stop roadblocks and reclaim the streets.
• He urged voters to turn out to defeat what he called the kirchnerist apparatus and intensified criticism of insecurity and decline in the Buenos Aires conurbano.
• Responding to Jorge Taiana’s claim of links to narcotrafficking, he rejected the allegation as a smear; the revived controversy centers on a 2019 photo and aircraft provided by Fred Machado, whom Texas authorities described as part of a transnational criminal organization and who was extradited in 2022.