Michal Kozár is the ANO candidate in the 2026 Senate elections in the Pelhřimov district, which covers the Pelhřimov district and part of the Jindřichův Hradec area.[1] According to Novinky.cz he comes from Jindřichův Hradec, is the interim director of the Pelhřimov hospital until the end of October, and is defending his seat on the town council in the municipal elections.[1] According to Kozár, negotiations on a new coalition in Jindřichův Hradec may take up to two weeks; on 11 October 2026 ANO met representatives of STAN.[4] Kozár is the mayor of Jindřichův Hradec and the leader of the ANO list, which won six seats in the 27-member council in the 2026 municipal elections, as did STAN.[4]
Senate elections 2026
Kozár advanced to the second round of the Senate elections, in which he will face Ladislav Med (ODS), the mayor of Pelhřimov, who came first in the first round with 30.5 percent of the vote and ran with the support of a coalition of ODS, KDU-ČSL, STAN, TOP 09 and Starostové pro občany.[2] The incumbent senator Jaroslav Chalupský (Srdcem a rozumem) missed advancing to the second round by fewer than a thousand votes.[1] Czech Television prepared a debate between the two candidates before the second round.[3]
Sources
- Novinky.cz — 10 October 2026
- iROZHLAS — 15 October 2026
- ČT24: regiony — 12 October 2026
- Budějcká Drbna — 13 October 2026