HE'S THE LATVIAN CHRIS CHRISTIE.If the results are confirmed, the coalition led by Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis would have a majority in parliament for the first time.
His government pushed through some of the toughest austerity measures in Europe, backed by the IMF and aimed at readying the country to join the euro.
They include wage cuts averaging 30% at a time when unemployment stands at 20%.
Mr Dombrovskis' supporters began celebrating a short time after the polls closed on Saturday evening, says the BBC's Damian McGuinness in the capital, Riga.
SERIOUSLY: IT PROVES THAT AUSTERITY CAN WIN ELECTIONS.
VOTERS CAN NO LONGER BE BOUGHT WITH BIG SPENDING.
AND GOVERNMENT UNIONS HAD BETTER WATCH OUT!
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I have noticed that since the fall of the old USSR the former eastern bloc countries and I include the Baltic States have moved sharply to the right---they know the true meaning of collective socialism and soundly reject those old school political leaders that embrace it.
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