Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is leading the race to become the candidate of Mexico's ruling party, MORENA, for the 2024 presidential election, according to a poll. Sheinbaum has 34% support, followed by former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard at 22%. MORENA, benefiting from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's popularity, is expected to win the 2024 election. The poll also showed that Ebrard was better known among respondents, while Sheinbaum was more popular among the ruling party's supporters. The winner will be announced on September 6.
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has resigned to seek the ruling party's presidential nomination, aiming to become the country's first female leader in the election scheduled for next year. Sheinbaum is one of the favorites for the nomination, with most opinion polls giving her a slight advantage over her rival Marcelo Ebrard. Morena is heavily favored to win the 2024 presidential election, and Sheinbaum has pledged to continue President López Obrador's "transformation" of Mexico.
Delfina Gómez, a former school teacher and ally of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has won the election for governor of Mexico state, beating the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) which has governed the state uninterrupted since 1929. The PRI has faced allegations of foul play for years and recently a joint investigation revealed that at least $300m had been embezzled by the state government through dozens of contracts awarded to front and shell companies between 2018 and 2022. The defeat could prove to be insurmountable for the PRI when it comes to contesting the presidential elections next year.
Delfina Gómez, the candidate for Mexico's ruling party Morena, has become the first woman elected governor of the state of Mexico, the country's most populous state. Her victory over Alejandra del Moral of the opposition coalition, Va por México, headed by the PRI, marks the first time in 94 years that Morena has seized power from the PRI in the state. The state of Mexico is an important economic center of the country but also grapples with the nation's worst challenges: inequality, violence and corruption.
Mexico's ruling party, Morena, won the governorship of the State of Mexico, the country's most populous state, dealing a life-threatening blow to the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which had governed the state without interruption for nearly a century. The PRI managed to hold on to the governorship of the sparsely populated northern border state of Coahuila, but the loss of the State of Mexico could spell the end of the PRI's political relevance on a national stage. Morena now governs 22 of Mexico's 32 states, and is considered the frontrunner in next year's presidential elections.
Mexico's most populous state is expected to end the Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) 94-year rule in gubernatorial elections on Sunday, with the party likely to be left with just two states. Morena, the party founded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), is expected to win and control 22 of Mexico's 31 states, leading some to warn of a new kind of one-party rule. The PRI's demise is attributed to its history of corruption and the rise of Morena, whose success rests on AMLO's popularity and his promises to combat corruption and prioritize the poor.
