Tucumán: Governor Osvaldo Jaldo will run for deputy with his vice president, in a united PJ party against the "mileismo" (a political party).

Tucumán Governor Osvaldo Jaldo and his deputy, Miguel Acevedo, will be candidates (all indications are they are symbolic) for national deputies in the October 26 elections. This was confirmed after the officialization of the "Tucumán Primero" list, which included the various branches of local Peronism.

The ticket will be headed by Jaldo, who is considered a government ally in the Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace); Gladys Medina, who will seek reappointment despite her term expiring in 2027; Javier Noguera (former mayor of Tafí Viejo); and Elia Fernández, a current congresswoman whose term expires in December. The alternates will be former governor and current national senator Juan Manzur; Carolina Vargas Aignasse (current provincial legislator); and Acevedo, the vice president.

The front, which managed to unite the branches of the PJ ("we are the first province in the country with 100% Peronist unity," the governor boasted), and which includes 14 parties, was launched at the Concepción BB Club in La Banda del Río Salí.

There, Jaldo criticized Javier Milei's administration and endorsed the governors' demands, expressed in the bills that were approved yesterday in the House of Representatives and have already received preliminary approval from the Senate. "The ATN (National Treasury Contributions) belong to the provinces; the fuel tax belongs to the provinces. If we can achieve a zero deficit with other people's money, anyone can do it," Jaldo said.

"The nation is failing to address health, education, security, or social development in Tucumán. That's why Tucumán comes first, and the people of Tucumán must be united," the governor said.

Jaldo was the first PJ governor to close ranks with Milei. He even ordered the three national deputies from Tucumán who answer to him to form a separate bloc, Independencia. They voted for the Ley Bases (Bases Law) and collaborated with other key ruling party initiatives , in addition to weakening the Union for the Homeland's strength by withdrawing.

Within the ruling party front, the parties most aligned with Kirchnerism joined, eliminating the risk of a rupture within the Pan-Peronist movement.

Jaldo had been toughening his stance toward the Milei government. He even said at an event , "If (Milei) wants to come to Tucumán, we have the scissors ready to cut her wig." In recent days, things have become more heated at the Casa Rosada, where Deputy Minister of the Interior Lisandro Catalán , a Tucumán native, has taken up the gauntlet. He is rumored to be a possible candidate for deputy, and his rival.

"If Jaldo has scissors, we have a chainsaw," he said, and he outlined a full agenda for a Tucumán-led coalition. The governor replied: "I have a personal affection for him. But I would suggest he try to form an LLA because they're getting fewer and fewer, and the deadline for submitting candidates is approaching, and he still doesn't have any."

Specifically, the Tucumán LLA harshly criticized the governor and his deputy's token candidates. "They are disrespectful to the people... Honor democracy. Not electoral fiction," they stated.

LLA sealed an agreement with the local PRO, which never took off outside of Together for Change.

Current Radical Representative Roberto Sánchez has already launched his candidacy for Unidos por Tucumán, a coalition that unites the UCR (United for Tucumán) and the Socialist Party . The former mayor of Concepción will seek reappointment to his seat, which expires at the end of this year.

Competing with their own labels would be Milei's former ally, Ricardo Bussi, and current congresswoman Paula Omodeo, from CREO and a Milei ally in the House of Representatives.