Two incumbent provincial governors (Gustavo Sáenz in Salta & Sergio Uñac in San Juan) and one handpicked gubernatorial successor to a term-limited governor ...
Jones](https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/mark-p-jones) is the Joseph D. [Alberto Weretilneck Set To Return as Governor of the Vaca Muerta’s Río Negro Province](https://www.forbes.com/sites/thebakersinstitute/2023/02/24/alberto-wertilneck-set-to-return-as-governor-of-the-vaca-muertas-ro-negro-province/?sh=5236f18492a3) [Mark P. Saénz’s most prominent Peronist rival is Emiliano Estrada (a former Sáenz ally and left-leaning member of the FdT coalition) of the Frente Avancemos alliance. The Desarrollo y Libertad alliance has three candidates: Yolanda Agüero (Libertarios), Paola Miers (El Rugido de Libertad), and Agustín Ramírez (Desarrollo y Unidad). The next governor will be the plurality vote winner within the alliance which wins the plurality of the vote. His hand-picked successor is his provincial Minister of Finance, Carlos Sadir, who will run as the standard bearer of Frente Cambia Jujuy (FCJ), a coalition of more than two dozen political parties, including the UCR and Propuesta Federal (PRO), which are the two leading members of the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition. Governor Gustavo Saénz is aligned with the FdT at the national level, albeit more with Minister of Economy Sergio Massa (Frente Renovador) and less with former president and current vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Lucio Paz Posse is the candidate of the libertarian Frente Salta Avanza Con Vos alliance Of the 38 active Lithium mining projects, 17 are located in Salta, 14 in Catamarca, 5 in Jujuy, and 1 in San Juan, with 1 straddling both sides of the Salta-Catamarca border. Of the 20 active Copper mining projects, 15 are in San Juan, 2 in Salta, 2 in Catamarca, and 1 in Mendoza. In Salta and San Juan the incumbent governor (Gustavo Sáenz and Sergio Uñac respectively) is heavily favored to win, while in Jujuy the handpicked candidate (Carlos Sadir) of the term-limited current governor (Gerardo Morales) is heavily favored to win. On May 7 and May 14, three of Argentina’s four major mining provinces will elect their respective governor and members of the provincial legislature.
The economic situation in Argentina has been so prolonged that citizens are indecisive about which political party would best help the issue.
[discontent](https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/ARG) in the past. Leading up to the previous election in 2019, almost [two thirds](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/23/argentines-pessimistic-about-economy-political-system-leading-up-to-election/) of the population had reported dissatisfaction with the nation's democracy, which has been a common trend [since 1983](https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/ARG). Some citizens are starting to believe that a familiar political force may be needed to solve this crisis, despite them being at the forefront of the current economic situation and instigators of [political tension](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/23/argentines-pessimistic-about-economy-political-system-leading-up-to-election/). [25 percent](https://batimes.com.ar/news/amp/argentina/survey-almost-one-third-of-argentines-would-prefer-a-new-political-party-to-form-government-in-2023.phtml) of the population considering that President Fernández is seeking re-election. [90 percent](https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/why-argentinas-politics-are-surprisingly-stable/) of the votes. The presidency has also [withdrawn](https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/argentina-south-american-power-struggles-stability) from a group of Latin American countries created to restore democracy in Venezuela, which hints at some international relation tensions within the administration. Some of the strength is due to the fact that Argentina has never allowed independent candidates, and there is a law that [mandates](https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/why-argentinas-politics-are-surprisingly-stable/) primary elections and encourages competition within coalitions. This is because the jobs of poor Argentinians typically do not have [automatic wage increases](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/business/inflation-argentina.html) to keep up with inflation, and they are unable to buy U.S. During this debt crisis, the government turned to the [central bank](https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/122214/how-does-monetary-policy-influence-inflation.asp) for financial assistance, leading to rapid inflation because of the increasing money in circulation and decreasing interest rate for borrowing. [US dollars](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/06/business/inflation-argentina.html). [third of the population](https://batimes.com.ar/news/amp/argentina/survey-almost-one-third-of-argentines-would-prefer-a-new-political-party-to-form-government-in-2023.phtml) support Frente de Todos (Everyone’s Front), a populist-leftist alliance, another third support Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change), a liberal-conservative alliance, and the final third would prefer a candidate who does not belong to either coalition. Despite disagreeing about who should take office, the citizens seem to unanimously agree that the economic state of the country is the [number one concern](https://batimes.com.ar/news/amp/argentina/survey-almost-one-third-of-argentines-would-prefer-a-new-political-party-to-form-government-in-2023.phtml) for the upcoming election.