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sunday 16 february 2025
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Odón Elorza returns to the mayor of San Sebastián
- Marisol will compete with Garmendia on 9 October to get the position, at which point it will be decided who will be a candidate for mayor in the next elections.
The Diario Vasco explained that Odón Elorza and Marisol Garmendia are faced to become candidates for the mayor of San Sebastián. The competition will take place on 9 October in the internal PSE elections.
Odón Elorza was the first mayor of San Sebastian in June 1991, thanks to an agreement with the PNV. Subsequently, it reached agreement with the PP and the maintenance of the mayor between 1999 and 2002. Until in 2011 EH Bildu got the mayor, he met with some leftist parties to maintain the mayor. Member of the Spanish Congress from 2014 with a seat obtained by the PSE in Gipuzkoa.
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