Rabbi Sergio Bergman won a seat in the Argentina National Congress and will be the first rabbi to serve as a national lawmaker in the country. He will represent Buenos Aires City in the Lower House of the National Congress.
Bergman, a Buenos Aires City lawmaker from the center-right PRO party, garnered 34.5 percent of the vote to edge Elisa Carrio of the center-left UNEN party, who had 32.2 percent.
Speaking nearly two hours after the polls closed on Sunday evening, Bergman said, “We were selected to improve the country as we did before in the city. We were selected to protect the law and the constitution.”
PRO is the ruling party in Buenos Aires City and its leader, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, announced on Sunday that he will run for president in 2015. Analysts say Bergman’s political future will be linked to Macri’s performance in 2015.