The parties resort, with varying success, to former champions to compete in the political arena. In Monzón, a town of 17,000 inhabitants in Huesca, there were up to two former Olympians.
The PRC presented the former Racing footballer Gonzalo Colsa and the former player of the Spanish basketball team Laura Nicholls. The PP pulled Beatriz Pellón, former national champion of tennis and paddle. The Socialists hit rock bottom in those elections: they became the fourth force out of five.