Orban Foe Seeking to Raze His Regime Vaults to Primary Lead
- Dobrev upsets mayor of Budapest in first round ballot
- Polls show Hungary’s opposition, Orban’s party in dead heat
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A woman who has vowed to annul Hungary’s controversial constitution dominated the first round of an opposition primary that will decide who will challenge Viktor Orban in the tightest general election in more than a decade.
Klara Dobrev, 49, a vice president of the European Parliament and the only woman running for the nomination, won 35% of the vote. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony, the early front-runner, was in second place with 27%. Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative mayor of a mid-sized city, was third with 20%. All three proceed to a runoff next month.