BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts across the country in midterm elections on Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment with billions of dollars in backing from the Trump administration.

Milei’s governing La Libertad Avanza party won 40.84% of the votes nationally in elections to renew almost half of the lower house of Congress, according to tallies in local media using numbers from electoral authorities that significantly exceeded analysts’ projections for Sunday’s vote.

The early results also showed La Libertad Avanza sweeping six of the eight provinces that voted to renew a third of the Senate on Sunday.

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