Politics · Spain · 2 days ago
Ángel Víctor Torres will not run for Spain’s Congress
Ángel Víctor Torres, Spain’s minister for territorial policy and democratic memory, will not run for Congress in the November 29 general election.
He says his priority is helping the PSOE win the next Canary Islands regional election, where he is the party’s candidate for president.
Torres led the Canary Islands government from 2019 to 2023.
His party won the most votes in the last regional election, but other parties formed a majority and Fernando Clavijo became president.
Torres says he will support PSOE candidates running for Congress in Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
He has said he expects the PSOE to win the next regional election, which is due in 2027.
Ángel Víctor Torres says he will not stand for the PSOE in Spain’s general election on 29 November.
He says his priority is to win the next Canary Islands regional election and recover the regional government for the PSOE.
Torres plans to support the party’s candidates for Congress in Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
He led the Canary Islands government from 2019 to 2023, but the PSOE did not form a governing majority after the last regional election.
Torres says the PSOE has won the last seven elections held in the Canary Islands and expects it to win the next one.
- Who
- Ángel Víctor Torres, Spain’s minister for territorial policy and democratic memory and leader of the Canary Islands PSOE.
- What
- He will not stand for the PSOE in the general election and will focus on the Canary Islands regional election.
- When
- He announced his decision on Friday, 9 October 2026. The general election is scheduled for 29 November; the regional election is expected in 2027.
- Where
- The announcement was made in Binéfar, Huesca. Torres’s political focus is the Canary Islands.
- Why
- He says his priority is to win the Canary Islands regional election.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
My priority is to win the elections in the Canary Islands again, so I will not stand on the lists for Congress
I will give everything, body and soul, with the greatest effort, to stand alongside them
The PSOE has won the last seven elections held in the Canary Islands, between European, general and regional elections, and I can already say that we will win the eighth
Torres led the Canary Islands government.
Torres announced his intention to seek another term as head of the Canary Islands government.
Torres said he would not stand for Congress in the general election.
Spain’s general election is scheduled to take place.
Torres is seeking to recover the Canary Islands government for the PSOE in the regional election.
- General election
- 29 November 2026
- Regional election
- Expected in 2027
- Torres’s term as Canary Islands president
- 2019–2023
- PSOE’s recent Canary Islands election record
- Seven consecutive election wins, according to Torres
- Congress constituencies he will support
- Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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