Rachel Keke made a promise on Sunday June 12, after the results of the first round of legislative elections in the 7th constituency of Val-de-Marne. If she is elected deputy of Nupes (New popular, ecological and social union), Sunday, June 19, during the second round: “At the Assembly, I dance!” But before to enter the National Assembly, there is a campaign to finish, lands less convinced by his ideas to conquer. “Rungis, I’m coming”, launches with humor the candidate who obtained 37.22% of the votes, in front of the former Minister of Sports Roxana Maracineanu, candidate Together (presidential majority), credited with 23.77% of the votes.
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The fight continues for Rachel Keke, who is not in her first battle. Maid housekeeper at the Hôtel Ibis des Batignolles in Paris, she led a successful union struggle for 22 months. Here she is in the lead at the end of this first round of the legislative elections, confident for the future: “In France, there is a new story that is coming.”
“A housekeeper, chambermaid, anyone can be a member of the National Assembly, if the person is very well surrounded.”
Rachel Keke, Nupes candidateat franceinfo
“And I know that the fight continues, we are not going to stop there because there is a second round and we will have the victory”, adds the candidate of the union of the left.
At the HQ of the former Minister of Sports, the atmosphere is also festive. Roxana Maracineanu, qualified for the second round, is all smiles. The former swimming champion approaches the upcoming duel almost like a sports competition: “I’m happy to be in the second round, already to be qualified. It’s like in sport, we made the playoffs, now there are seven people who have not qualified, two who have qualified. So it will now be project against project for this campaign which will last a week. And we have a week to gather, to convince. I am someone in the field. I have not yet seen Rachel Keke in the field. I haven’t even met her once again.”
“I hope we will both have the opportunity to have a debate. It is important to bring together all the people who did not vote for Mrs. Keke in the first round and to form this republican front against the extreme left”.
Roxana Maracineanuat franceinfo
Roxana Maracineanu now hopes to benefit from a postponement of votes to win in the second round on Sunday, bringing to her those who slipped a ballot Vincent Jeanbrun, the LR candidate, who came third with 18.32% of the vote. In fourth position, Ugo Iannuzzi (National Rally) won 9.49% and Noël Nadal (Reconquest!), 3.74%.