This sudden emergence of a son of Japanese immigrants as Peru's presidential front-runner highlights a central, although rarely discussed, problem here: race.
At the same time, he won a seat in Congress, which will now choose a winner between the two presidential front-runners.
For two decades, he has delivered his state's primary for every Republican presidential front-runner.
Even his language was reminiscent of Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner, who says he would use his experience in business to make government more efficient.
He became the great Republican hope, the money poured in, and he was crowned as the presidential front-runner.
Republican candidates collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations during a benefit featuring their party's presidential front-runner, George W. Bush.
August 7: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton proposes a $1 billion bailout fund to help homeowners at risk for foreclosure.
The presidential front-runners, the leaders in Congress, the people who turn up on political talk shows - all seem painfully lacking in a certain quality.
Their presidential front-runner, George W. Bush, shot them down.
