In March 2019 first-term Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast Boris Dubrovsky announced his resignation and was replaced by First Deputy Minister of Energy Aleksey Teksler.

[4] Teksler ran for a full term as an Independent and handily won the September 2019 election with 69.30% of the vote, as his nearest challenger, Konstantin Natsiyevsky (CPRF), received just 12.02%.

[7] In Chelyabinsk Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated by registered political parties or by self-nomination.

Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 7% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities.

Governor Teksler appointed Chelyabinsk mayor Natalya Kotova (United Russia) to the Federation Council, replacing incumbent Senator Margarita Pavlova (Independent).