The spokeswoman for Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election campaign last year won aprimary election on Monday
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, 40, an up-and-coming opposition figure who was also Sarkozy's environment minister, beat three little-known candidates to win the UMP candidacy with 58 percent of the electronic vote.
Her win will pit her against another woman, Socialist Anne Hidalgo, in the race for one of the most high-profile elected positions in France and one that is a traditional springboard for the presidency. Paris has never before had a female mayor.
Holding onto the mayorship for the ruling Socialist Party will be a challenge for President Francois Hollande, whose approval ratings have slumped to as low as 24 percent as voters blame him for record unemployment and stalled economic growth.
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