REACTION: Ecuador’s Presidential Election Heads to a Runoff
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AQ Editors
Daniel Noboa and Luisa González will face off in a second round on April 13.
With security and economic issues among their top concerns, Ecuadorians headed to the polls on February 9 to vote for president and for the 151 members of Ecuador’s recently expanded unicameral legislature. With 92% of the vote counted, Daniel Noboa, the incumbent running with the Acción Democrática Nacional (ADN) party, led with 44.3%, followed closely by Luisa González of the Citizen’s Revolution (RC) party, at 43.8%, with only about 45,000 votes separating them. The two candidates, who competed in the runoff presidential election in 2023, will now face off again in a...
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