2026 Senate elections: Gabriel Amard, Mélenchon's son-in-law, elected senator

Gabriel Amard, deputy for the Rhône department, becomes the first senator from La France Insoumise.

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His election on September 27 marks a first for the party in the upper house.

He is also known as the son-in-law of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

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