Rome's first woman mayor to run for second term

FILE PHOTO: Mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi attends the final European election rally of the 5-Star Movement, in Rome, Italy May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) - Rome mayor Virginia Raggi, from the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, has announced plans to run for a second term, hoping to steal a march on rivals in a long campaign for next year's vote.

Raggi, 42, became the Eternal City's first woman mayor when elected in 2016, in a major breakthrough for 5-Star ahead of national polls two years later when it won almost twice as many votes as its nearest rival.