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Ivan Cepeda

Ivan Cepeda

Senator and Historic Pact presidential candidate

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Notable Quotes

"I will go directly to the first round." — February 2026, after being excluded from the inter-party primary

Stories

Colombia reshuffles Congress and narrows presidential field ahead of May vote

Rule Changes

Lost presidential runoff; initially signaled challenge to results from 33,000 polling stations, later conceded no irregularities were found

Colombia's 10-month election cycle ended June 21 when conservative lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella defeated leftist senator Iván Cepeda in the presidential runoff, 49.65% to 48.70% — a margin of fewer than 250,000 votes. His 12.9 million votes set a record for any Colombian presidential candidate. He takes office August 7.

Updated 3 days ago