Gubernatorial candidate Sergei Levchenko (front) looks on at his campaign office in Irkutsk, Russia, September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Evgeny Kozyrev
IRKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - When Communist Sergei Levchenko beat the incumbent from President Vladimir Putin's party to become governor of Irkutsk region in Siberia on Sunday, even the voters who backed him were surprised: the Kremlin doesn't lose elections.
Levchenko resoundingly defeated incumbent Sergei Yeroshchenko to become the first politician to oust a candidate supported by Putin's United Russia party since the Kremlin allowed voters to choose regional governors in 2012.
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