In that election, the party's vice-presidential candidate was the historic leftist leader and professor Álvaro Montero Mejía.

[2] In 2016 Costa Rican municipal elections, the party won the position of syndic of the district of Santa Cruz for its candidate Arcadio Carrera.

In 2020 Costa Rican municipal elections, Carrera ran for Mayor of Santa Cruz.

Carrera and Herra's platforms are mainly seen as progressive and even leftist, opposing domination of beach areas by big resorts in their respective cantons.

[4] The party supports state control of prices for medicine, which are unregulated in Costa Rica.