Mexico president's ruling party wins governorship of country's most populous state

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2. Morena party ends almost 100 years of PRI party rule in Mexico state, which also sees its first fem

Morena party ends almost 100 years of PRI party rule in Mexico state, which also sees its first female governor

The party formed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrested political control in Mexico's most populous state and Delfina Gómez became its first female governor.


June 5, 2023, 10:35 AM CDT
By Pelayo Escandón and Ronny Rojas, Noticias Telemundo
Morena, the party formed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, seized power for the first time in 94 years from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, in the state of Mexico, the most populous of the country's 32 states.

Morena candidate Delfina Gómez became the first woman elected governor of the state when she defeated Alejandra del Moral. Her victory ratified the dominance of the party formed by AMLO, as López Obrador is known, which already has wins in 23 other Mexican states.

“One hundred years of corruption have been long, but times change and the people united and won. The end of those 100 years of darkness and mistreatment has come, a new story begins in the state of Mexico,” Gómez said in a speech Sunday night.

Meanwhile, del Moral acknowledged in a message to the media that the preliminary results do not favor her, thereby tacitly acknowledging Gomez’s triumph.

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