ROME: Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi won a resounding victory Sunday in the race to lead Italy’s center-left Democratic Party, part of the coalition government.

The 38-year-old Renzi, who just a year ago was a virtual unknown in Italian politics, trounced rivals Gianni Cuperlo, a party appa-ratchik, and Giuseppe “Pippo” Civati with around 68 percent of the vote.

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