Jerilyn Boasso-Kneale was appointed leader following Barry Goldvogel's resignation. Despite losing the Praetorship, Boasso-Kneale helped elect George H. Caine to the office. Caine defeated Soren Almiron by 2.1%. The party also gained 19 seats. Provincial politics was also friendly to the Liberals. In Athosia, Gus Harri was elected Governor. He defeated the Libertarian candidate by 24.32%. In Gevaro, voters defeated Nicole Charbonnier. She was defeated by the Baltusian Pantian Alliance candidate by 18.07%. Despite this being a large defeat, she was the first Liberal to go into the runoff in decades. In 2477, her leadership was challenged by 10 other candidates. Although Boasso-Kneale won the vote by more than 20%, she still only won 33% of the vote, she than decided to resign from her posit