Mussolini Bids To Become Mayor of Rome
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ROME – The granddaughter of wartime fascist dictator Benito Mussolini said yesterday she will be a candidate for mayor of Rome in next month’s elections.
Alessandra Mussolini ran in the April 9-10 parliamentary elections with a small right-wing party supporting Premier Berlusconi. But her party failed to make the threshold necessary to send lawmakers to parliament.
“My bid for Rome mayor certainly is fully confirmed,” Ms. Mussolini, 43, said in a statement.
Ms. Mussolini ran for mayor of Naples a decade ago, losing to a center left opponent.
