[1] He ran for governor in 2023, and held primary elections within the Juntos por el Cambio party against Juan Carlos Polini.

His victory ended 16 years of continuous rule of the Justicialist Party in the province.

[1] The transition negotiations between Capitanich and Zdero were interrupted a month later, as the elected vicegovernor Silvana Schneider accused the outgoing government of proving false and misleading information.

[2] They also denounced that Capitanich had made cheques to be paid by the administration of Zdero by 1500 millions of pesos, and that he added 17000 new employees to the government.

He announced that the province was in a poor condition, and that his administration would start a full audit of the provincial state.