After the defeat of the
centre-left and the
Union for Trentino (UpT) especially in the
2018 provincial election, the idea of a new party unifying the UpT, local
civic lists and individual centrists floated for years, until the proposal of a "Campobase" was conceived by
Lorenzo Dellai in November 2021. Campobase was launched in February 2022, under the leadership of coordinator
Michael Rech (mayor of
Folgaria) and
Chiara Maule (vice president of the UpT). Other than Dellai, leading members of the founding committee included
Annalisa Caumo (president of the UpT),
Marcello Carli (former member of the provincial council of Trentino),
Francesco Valduga (mayor of
Rovereto) and
Roberto Oss Emer (mayor of
Pergine Valsugana). In the
2022 general election, an independent close to Campobase,
Pietro Patton, was elected senator in the single-seat constituency of Trento at the head of a broad centre-left coalition. Consequently, the
For the Autonomies group took also the "Campobase" sub-name. In March 2023, during an assembly, Campobase became a full-fledged political party. Rech was elected secretary, Maule deputy secretary,
Paolo Piccoli (president of Trento's municipal council) president and
Elisa Bortolamedi vice president. Most importantly, the party launched Valduga for president of Trentino in the
2023 provincial election. In April Valduga became the official candidate of the centre-left. In the election, Valduga was defeated by incumbent president
Maurizio Fugatti of
Lega Trentino (51.8% to 37.5%). However, Campobase was the second largest party of the centre-left coalition: 8.4% of the vote and three councillors (Chiara Maule,
Roberto Stanchina and
Michele Malfer). In December 2024 the party held its second congress and Maule was elected secretary. == Electoral results ==