Venturini: "Important result after 11 years of service to the city"

Venturini: "Important result after 11 years of service to the city"

"It is an important result that comes after two challenging months and after 11 years of personal history in service to the city," said Simone Venturini. "I - he added - have always presented myself in this electoral campaign as Simone, as a boy who started from Marghera, worked his way up, committed himself to the territory, presented himself as a civic candidacy supported by the center-right, and today is achieving a good result in terms of appreciation."

Meloni to Venturini: "I'm coming to see you, I'm very happy"

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Simone Venturini to congratulate him on the election outcome. The call was heard live in Mestre, in front of the headquarters of the center-right mayoral candidate. "Wait for me, I'm coming to see you. I'm very happy, really - said the premier - We will be there, you can count on us. In the meantime, congratulations." "It's my wedding anniversary today," Venturini finally told the premier, responding to her invitation to celebrate and thanking her several times.

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The candidates

There were eight candidates for the succession of Luigi Brugnaro in Venice, the outgoing mayor after 11 years of center-right rule, first elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. To take up his legacy for the coalition was Simone Venturini, outgoing councilor for Social Services and Economy and Tourism (center-right). The center-left, on the other hand, nominated Andrea Martella, senator and Veneto secretary of the PD, with a "very broad" field that extended to the reformist area of Iv-Psi-+Europa and civic lists. Around the two major coalitions, six other independent candidacies were formed, including that of Giovanni Andrea Martini (Tutta la città che vogliamo coalition), who, as 5 years ago, carved out an autonomous space on the left, and that of economist Michele Boldrin (Ora-il coraggio dell'ovvio). Then there were Claudio Vernier (Città Vive), former president of the San Marco merchants, Pierangelo Del Zotto (Prima il Veneto), Roberto Agirmo (Resistere Veneto), and Luigi Corò (Futuro per Venezia Mestre), the latter adhering to Futuro Nazionale but not officially supported by Vannacci's movement.