Ár Ré leadership election, 4158

Ár Ré held a leadership election from January 4158 to March 4158 to elect a successor to April McConaughey, the incumbent Leader of the party who resigned due to poor electoral results. The election was a straight run-off between Maurice Tylenol, the Representative for Health and Social Services, and Ember Powell, the Representative for Education and Culture. Maurice Tylenol ultimately won the vote.

Background
In the January 4158 elections, Ár Ré secured only 63 seats, the first time it has secured less than 100 seats since the 4119 elections. Party leader April McConaughey tendered her resignation an hour after the final result came through, thus triggering a new leadership election.

Procedure
A new constitutional review was held in 4150. The review reinstated the limit on the number of candidates who could take part in the leadership election down to six. However, candidates were still not required to hold public office to be eligible to run. Candidates had to receive at least one endorsement from a sitting member of either the General Assembly or the Senate. If more than six candidates registered by the deadline, the six candidates will be chosen based on the number of endorsements they have received, and the others disqualified.