Anti-lockdown leader of Madrid revitalizes Spanish right
ARITZ PARRA, Associated Press
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1of17Conservative Madrid regional president Isabel Diaz Ayuso, left, and Popular party leader Pablo Casasdo celebrate election results outside the popular party headquarters in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Madrid residents voted in droves for a new regional assembly in an election that tests the depths of resistance to virus lockdown measures and the divide between left-wing and right-wing parties. Regional President Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who called the early election by dissolving her center-right coalition, had set off to broaden her power base and open up to an alliance with the far-right.Bernat Armangue/APShow MoreShow Less