section_path: Presidency (2023–present)/2025 presidential campaign
section_name: 2025 presidential campaign
paragraph_text: 2025 presidential campaign
  
  In May 2024, Noboa registered to run for re-election in the upcoming 2025 general election. In August 2024, Noboa named María José Pinto González Artigas as his running mate.
  
  In February 2025, Noboa advanced to the run-off, facing Luisa González in a rematch from the previous election. In the first round, Noboa received 44.17% of the vote, with González narrowly behind at 43.97%. In April 2025, Noboa was re-elected in a runoff with 55% of the vote, defeating González in a landslide. The result was a decisive win for Noboa, who expectations based on pre-election polling, with his campaign being notable for its focus on young people. He was inaugurated for his second term on 24 May 2025.
  
  Noboa said in March 2025 that he wanted American, European and Brazilian armies to join his war against criminal gangs. He added he would like President Donald Trump to designate Ecuadorean gangs as terrorist groups, as he has done for some Mexican and Venezuelan cartels. He thereafter started laying the groundwork for U.S. forces to arrive. He met Trump on 30 March 2025, with Trump agreeing to help.