32-year-old Isabella Arendt is making a new attempt to be elected to the Danish Parliament. The first time she was 18 years old.
She has tried four times to be elected to the Folketing. Without success.
She had begun to consider her political future, but on Thursday Isabella Arendt will re-enter the scene as a parliamentary candidate.
The former chairman of the Christian Democrats is running for the Danish Parliament for the Conservatives in the Taastrup constituency, thus exchanging East Jutland for the capital region.
“I’m very excited about it, and I feel a bit like I’m new to the job,” Isabella Arendt tells Sjællandske Nyheder.
According to the Conservatives, Isabella Arendt will kick off her campaign on Constitution Day at a meeting in Taastrup at Blåkildegaard. She was formally elected as a candidate last autumn.
Isabella Arendt most recently ran for the Conservatives in the 2022 general election, when she received 2186 personal votes.
It was enough for a seat as first deputy to current party leader Mona Juul, but not for a seat in the Folketing.
The following year, Arendt got a job as an advisor in the trade and interest organization Agriculture & Food.
It is especially family policy that interests the 32-year-old candidate – and the Conservatives.
“For me, it goes hand in hand, because time and freedom in the family are absolutely crucial for the well-being of many people. It is also crucial for me,” says Isabella Arendt in a press release.
Isabella Arendt was 18 years old when she first ran for the Christian Democrats in 2011.
She had her popular breakthrough when, in the run-up to the 2019 election, she had to replace the then leader of the Christian Democrats, Stig Grenov, without further preparation, who fell ill and went on leave.
Therefore, she was headlong into the party leadership rounds, and shortly afterwards she was elected as chairman.
But despite renewed success for the Christian Democrats, the party, and Isabella Arendt, did not enter the Danish Parliament.
She then switched to the Conservatives.
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