Overview

• Fuerza Patria won about 47% of the vote to La Libertad Avanza’s roughly 34% in the province that includes around 40% of Argentina’s population.
• The president framed the provincial contest as a national test, acknowledged a clear loss, and said he will not alter his economic program.
• An audio alleging bribe-taking involving his sister, Karina Milei, and former disability-agency director Diego Spagnuolo fueled controversy; Milei dismissed Spagnuolo and denied the claims.
• Inflation has fallen from above 200% to about 40% under Milei, yet worries persist over currency pressure and the ability to drive inflation lower.
• Buenos Aires governor Axel Kicillof led much of the opposition campaign and emerged as a prominent figure for Peronists.