After the resignation of Troia Gladwyn, Theresa Rootian, a provincial senator from Gevaro was unanimously appointed leader of the Liberal Party of Baltusia. She is a distant relative of the first Baltusian Praetor, Alice Rootian. Her first act as leader was to appoint a new minister of Infrastructure and Transport. She appointed Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner. Kirchner was confirmed by the Senate despite it being a close vote of 142 to 133. In October 2490, just two months before the federal election, she was challenged for the leadership by Scapino Pearce. She won 527,196 votes to Pearce’s 381,785. Her 58-42 margin of victory was enough to win over the Liberal caucus where she was approved by a 42-2 vote. She ran for Praetor in the 2490 election and failed to make it into the runoff. She