Most recently, he ran for mayor of Lima in the 2018 municipal election, in which he placed fourth.[71] Marco Arana is the leader of the Broad Front, a left-wing informal coalition of parties and unions.[72] A former bishop from Cajamarca, he ran unsuccessfully for the vice presidency in 2016 with Verónika Mendoza as the party's presidential nominee.[73] He served in the Peruvian Congress from 2016 to 2019.