The Democratic Party is a provincial

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and

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in Mendoza,

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. It was founded in 1983.

History and principles

Since the

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of the latest military regime in Argentina, the party has been the third political force in Mendoza, except in

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when it won the second position in the elections. For many years it was led by former national deputy and candidate for governor of the province Carlos Balter. In 2006, the president of the Democratic Party and national deputy, Omar De Marchi, asked "forgiveness" for the participation of leaders of this party during the last dictatorship. The Democratic Party promised to strengthen the role of the party in

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, which governs the province with Alfredo Cornejo.

History

It was member of the national Recrear electoral alliance led by

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although in 2007 it supported the presidential bid of

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rather than that of López Murphy. In the 2013 legislative elections, it formed a center-right alliance with the

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, called the PD - PRO Union. Since 2015, it has participated in an alliance with the

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and other parties in a centrist alliance called Frente Cambia Mendoza supporting the

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Alfredo Cornejo as governor of the Province, which finally managed to win the general elections. With harsh criticism of the radical governor

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, the Democratic Party broke the agreement with the UCR and

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and left

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References

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