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Spanish prime minister calls early general election after battering in regional vote

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a early general elections for July 23. Sánchez made the surprise announcement Monday, a day after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections.

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a early general elections for July 23.

Sánchez made the surprise announcement Monday, a day after his Socialist party took a serious battering in local and regional elections.

Prior to Sunday's debacle, Sánchez had insisted that he would ride out his four-year team, indicating that elections would be in December.

The Associated Press