This presentation examines campesino (peasant) political agency in processes of state formation under the current Sandinista government. It focuses in particular on the often contentious relationship between Sandinista campesino leaders and Sandinista government officials, particularly municipal government officials. Unlike the Sandinista revolutionary period (1979-1990), when myriad organizations mediated the relationship between campesinos and the state, today it is campesinos' relationship to municipal authorities that forms the key nexus tying campesino communities to the state and national-level political processes. This presentation aims to both shed light on the dynamics of municipal politics, and to highlight the active role that campesinos are taking in shaping these politics.