Le Pen Wins Seat in French Assembly, Saving Her Political Career
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- Far-right leader had vowed to lead opposition to Macron
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The National Front’s Marine Le Pen won her northern Henin-Beaumont constituency to claim her first-ever national post and keep alive her chances of clinging on to the party leadership despite her defeat in the presidential election.
Le Pen won the district with about 59 percent of the vote, beating Anne Roquet from President Emmanuel Macron’s Republic on the Move, according to Le Parisien Selon. It was 48-year-old Le Pen’s third attempt to get a parliamentary seat. The lifelong politician has previously served as a European lawmaker and a regional councilor since running in her first campaign in 1998.