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| - Pia Turquoise Blue was elected to the Senate in February 2653 at the age of 44. She was appointed Deputy Leader by Octavius Papandick in 2657. A year later, she contested the leadership against Papandick. On the second ballot, she came in third place and decided to end her campaign and endorse Papandick. Papandick won on the fourth ballot with 55%. In 2659, after Papandick's resignation, Blue announced her candidacy for the leadership. On the first ballot, she came in fourth place with only 11%. She remained in fourth place until the third ballot when she shot into second place with 31%. On the fourth ballot, she took the leader, and on the fifth ballot, Blue won the leadership with 56%.
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| - Pia Turquoise Blue was elected to the Senate in February 2653 at the age of 44. She was appointed Deputy Leader by Octavius Papandick in 2657. A year later, she contested the leadership against Papandick. On the second ballot, she came in third place and decided to end her campaign and endorse Papandick. Papandick won on the fourth ballot with 55%. In 2659, after Papandick's resignation, Blue announced her candidacy for the leadership. On the first ballot, she came in fourth place with only 11%. She remained in fourth place until the third ballot when she shot into second place with 31%. On the fourth ballot, she took the leader, and on the fifth ballot, Blue won the leadership with 56%. She appointed Merrill Fossett as Deputy Leader. On May 2, 2660, Pia Turquoise Blue announced to the Conservative Caucus that she would resign the leadership if the party did not gain seats in the Senate in the 2661 elections. She also called for a snap vote of party confidence. 22 Senators displayed their confidence in her, while three did not. On April 9, 2661, two years after she became leader, Blue resigned following the election results just two months before. Although the party gained seats in the Senate and became the largest party in the Senate, Blue came in third in her bid for Praetor. She won 26.52%. She was only 0.87% behind the second place candidate.
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