Mexico: Delfina Gomez, candidate supported by the presidential party, wins the State of Mexico

Delfina Gomez, the candidate of the Juntos movement, haremos Historia supported by Morena, the presidential party, won the elections in the state of Mexico on Monday. She became governor of that state.

Delfina Gomez (C), candidate for governor of the State of Mexico for a coalition led by the ruling Morena political party, unofficially celebrates her election as governor of the State of Mexico in Toluca, State of Mexico, June 4, 2023. The vote is a test of the popularity of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's ruling Morena party ahead of next year's presidential elections. The State of Mexico is in many ways a microcosm of the country: half of its population lives in poverty. AFP - CLAUDIO CRUZ

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With our correspondent in Mexico City, Gwendolina Duval

With a turnout rate of around 50%, according to the first results, the candidate Delfina Gomez of the Juntos movement, haremos Historia supported by Morena, the presidential party, is given the winner of the election with a comfortable lead (between 52 and 54%) against her rival Alexandra De Moral (PRI).

The teacher, who has spent her entire political career in the region, becomes the first woman to take the post of governor. It will have to address many challenges in this violence-ridden state.

The stakes of this election were also crucial for the Mexican political landscape, because one year before the presidential election, it is a reference and the repercussions of the result go beyond the regional scale, giving additional impetus to the ruling party.

Rout of the PRI

It is therefore a historic result for the State of Mexico and a defeat for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has governed the entity for nearly a century and has just lost its most important stronghold.

From the first minutes after the polls closed, candidate Delfina Gomez celebrated her victory accompanied by national figures from the Morena party. These results illustrate the rout of the national opposition parties despite their attempted alliance and resonate symbolically in favor of the Mexican president's party.

This victory also testifies to the expansion of the movement initiated by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador throughout the country election after election and paves the way for his favorite, Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to succeed him in 2024. Because the state of Mexico, with its 12.7 million inhabitants, is the most populous in Mexico and has the largest reserve of votes in the country for the next presidential elections.

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