About twenty candidates begins to mark the court of the Subnational electionswhile the electoral process is developed towards the ballot of October 19. Among the candidates who get ready for regional elections are ex -candidates looking for a rematch after previous defeats, authorities that bet on a re -election, national legislators and regional leaderships that try to position themselves in the middle of the previous race.
Among the excandidates are those who lost in the past subnational elections And now they return to the political scene with the aim of reversing those results, such as the Gary Añez cross, the La Paz Rafael Quispe, César Dockweiler, Xavier Iturralde and Óscar Chirinos, in addition to the Potosino René Joaquino.
José Gary Áñezwhich ran to the mayor of Santa Cruz de la Sierra together with the Autonomous Community (CA) in the 2021 elections, has reaffirmed its second application for the municipal elections. “We are going to go again with all the strength of the people to change Santa Cruz,” he said.
In La Paz, at least four ex -candidates seek to return to the electoral sand. Rafael Quispe, Who in 2021 nominated the Paz Government, confirmed his intention to participate again, although he still does not define whether he will in the departmental contest or if he will point to the Mayor’s Office of La Paz. “I will be a candidate; we will participate in the subnationals,” he said.
On the municipal scenario, the ex -candidates César Dockweiler and Xavier Iturralde They announced that they will compete again. The former manager of my cable car presented in March his political project Human City. “It is a totally new group,” he said then and currently travels through Paceñas streets socializing his work plan. For his part, businessman Xavier Iturralde confirmed a new electoral incursion with his sights on the Paz mayor. “I am deciding to enter and we are going to clean the mayor,” he said.
In turn, Óscar Chirinos awill put the City Hall of El Alto again. The candidate was proclaimed with the promise to reduce the salary scale of the mayor, the councilors and public officials. “I present myself as a firm candidate for mayor of El Alto,” he said last week.
In Potosí, the former mayor René Joaquino It also reappears on the political scene. Having lost the 2021 municipal election against the Civic JHONNY LLALLY, Now he is emerging as a candidate for the Government. “Joaquino is going to the Government in the next subnationals,” said Octavio Vásquez, secretary of the Social Alliance Organization.
Back to the ring
Juan Carlos Medrano He joins the list as one of the former candidates who participated in the national elections of August 17, when betting on the vice presidency with APB-Summate. In this new stage he announced that he will apply for subnationals: “I want to be a candidate for mayor or governor. I will be a candidate, that is not in doubt,” he said.
For its part, Félix Patzi, That he was the main driver of the alliance that nominated Andrónico Rodríguez to the Presidency, confirmed that his party (MTS) will compete in the next contest. “We have decided in a national extended that we are going to participate in the subnational elections,” he said on September 24.
The new electoral appointment also opens space for the return of former candidates that were disabled or declined their application in the national elections of August.
The excandidata presidential Eva Cup, Who retired from the electoral race, ratified that his party will compete in the subnationals. “We enlist for subnationals,” he said in August, although he recently ruled out seeking re -election in the Mayor’s Office of El Alto.
Jaime Dunn It points to political relaunch, after being disabled as presidential candidate in July. “Our fight continues. This is not the end,” he proclaimed at that time, and now promotes his political liberal republic project. “That struggle just begins. Our presence already feels; we have a structure that is growing,” he said.
While Edgar Uriona, Excandidato vice presidential who accompanied Dunn under the acronym NGP, is already campaigning in Cochabamba, where he seeks to weave alliances. In a video broadcast next to the lawyer José Carlos Sánchez said: “We join forces to renew Cochabamba.”
Bet on re -election
Among those who seek re -election are the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, who confirmed his intention to apply again after recovering his freedom. “We are going to the Government again with that same commitment,” he said and stressed that he could not fully exercise the position for three of the five years of his mandate.
Camacho left prison after almost three years of preventive detention in the Chonchocoro prison. His freedom materialized after the courts raised the precautionary measures against him for the judicial processes “coup d’etat I”, decreed, firefighter car, and the case related to the 36 -day strike by the census.
In addition, Santos Quispe, Governor of La Paz, who achieved the legal personality of his group United for Change (UPC) in March, said he will participate in the regional contest, although he still evaluates his repostulation. “If you are going to present to re -election, you have to win,” he said.
The regional jump
Among national legislators seeking to make the leap to regional scenarios are Luciana Campero, Marcelo Pedrazas and Rolando Cuéllar, QUienes already began to profile their candidacies with a view to the next subnational contest. The deputy Tarijeña Luciana Campero initiated the collection of signatures for the creation of her citizen group Tu (Tarija Unida) and confirmed that she will compete for the Mayor’s Office of Tarija. “We have 30 days to get the signatures,” he said on September 23.
For its part, the deputy Marcelo Pedrazas He pointed out: “I fulfilled my parliamentary role. I have a vision of contributing from my region and deepening autonomy. I want to achieve better days for the municipality. I want to be mayor.”
A month ago, the deputy Cruceño Rolando Cuéllar also made public his decision to apply for the Cruzña governorate. “We are going to present ourselves at the subnationals, as a candidate for governor for Santa Cruz,” he said.
Leaders and leaders
In the diversity of figures that point to the subnational elections, those who consolidated as leaders and political leaders, such as Manuel Saavedra, Vicente Cuéllar, Reynaldo Ezequiel and José Carlos Sánchez, also stand out.
Saavedra, known as “mamén”, He obtained in June the legal status of his group Vos and confirmed that he will apply for the mayor’s office. “We have the possibility of arriving without any conditioning,” he said.
The exrector of the UAGRM, Vicente Cuéllar, He announced that he will compete in the subnationals with his group Change 25, although he still does not define whether he will do it for the Mayor’s Office or the Government. “We are going to be protagonists in the subnationals,” he said on September 23.
The evista leader Reynaldo Ezequiel He informed that he will seek the Mayor’s Office or the Government of Santa Cruz in the 2026 elections. “We are going to participate in these subnational elections and we will be candidates,” he said in a video.
Finally, the lawyer and businessman José Carlos Sánchez Verazaín It is postulated to the mayor of Cochabamba as an emerging leader with NGP. “The country must see me as an option to achieve renewal and change with responsibility,” he said.
Panorama 2026
Elections. Subnational elections are scheduled for March 2026. More than 4,000 departmental, municipal and indigenous autonomies will be chosen, under the organization of renewed electoral vowels.
Dependence. The next regional rulers will assume the challenge of strengthening their economic autonomy against the central government. The budgets of governorates and mayors continue to depend largely on state transfers
