both kirchner and her former minister florencio randazzo wanted to run for senator for the buenos aires province at the 2017 midterm elections. refusing to run in primary elections, kirchner asked for a shared ticket as a condition to run for senator. randazzo did not accept the proposal. the fpv was renamed the citizen's unity party at the province and registered as a coalition of minor parties only, leaving the pj out of it. as a result, both parties would run to the elections as unrelated parties. esteban bullrich was the candidate of "cambiemos".