In 2012, Crocetta run as gubernatorial candidate against Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci of the Berlusconi's PDL party and eight minor contestants, obtaining 30.5 percent of the votes and thus becoming the first left-wing governor of Sicily since 1947.
In 2012, Crocetta run as gubernatorial candidate against Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci of the Berlusconi's PDL party and eight minor contestants. Crocetta ran in Siciliy on the ticket of La Rivoluzione è Già Iniziata (The Revolution Has Already Started) and obtained 30.5 percent of the votes and thus becoming the first left-wing governor of Sicily since 1947.