Mexico City Mayor Resigns to Run for First Female Presidency Bid

Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a member of the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, will step down on Friday to pursue the ruling party's candidacy for the 2024 presidential election and replace the popular current president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Sheinbaum aims to become the country's first female leader and continue Lopez Obrador's "transformation" of Mexico with her "own stamp." Morena, lifted by Lopez Obrador's personal popularity, is heavily favored to win the June 2024 presidential election.