Italy's political leaders eyed the country's latest regional election Sunday in hopes the outcome would strengthen their hand after eight weeks of wrangling over the makeup of the next national government. Some 1.1 million people in the northeastern region of Friuli Venezia Giulia were eligible to vote for their governor and regional legislature. The region's outgoing governor is from the Democratic Party, which was trounced in the national parliamentary election held last month. During that vote, Salvini sought the Italian premiership in a center-right alliance that included former Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party. Before Sunday's election, League leader Salvini stumped heavily for an aide who is running to be regional governor.

Source: ABC News April 29, 2018 14:01 UTC