Mexican president's party poised to capture key state in election

Record ID: 1728381

  • Title: Mexican president's party poised to capture key state in election
  • Date: 4th June 2023
  • Summary: TLALNEPANTLA, MEXICO STATE, MEXICO (JUNE 4, 2023) (REUTERS) VOTERS AT TABLE VOTERS CASTING VOTE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VOTER, GUILLERMO FUENTES, SAYING: “We are just at the start of election day. I see is that it is very calm and I hope it will continue to be. The truth is there is a lot of participation, people are interested in change. As far as my preference, I hope there will be a favourable vote for (Va por el Edomex coalition) candidate Alejandra del Moral so that we can go on with radical change for the State of Mexico.” VOTERS ARRIVING AT VOTING STATION TABLE VOTER CASTING VOTE/ VOTE INSIDE BALLOT BOX VOTERS QUEUING AT VOTING STATION TABLE (SOUNDBITE) VOTER, JOVITA PENA, SAYING: “It’s going very well, very dynamic. There is good participation and we think that's positive. (REPORTER ASKS WHY IT IS GOOD TO VOTE) "It’s good to use your right to vote for the betterment of Mexico, so new projects can be achieved.” VOTER CASTING VOTE VOTER AT VOTING STATION TABLE VARIOUS OF STAFF CHECKING VOTER LIST STAFF MARKING VOTER’S THUMB WITH INK STAFF GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER
  • Embargoed: 18th June 2023 18:12
  • Keywords: 2023 elections Alejandra del Moral Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Delfina Gomez Election Mexico Morena PAN PRD PRI President State casting ballots coalition local election
  • Location: TLALNEPANTLA, TEXCOCO & CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI, MEXICO STATE, MEXICO
  • City: TLALNEPANTLA, TEXCOCO & CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI, MEXICO STATE, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: South America / Central America,North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA004738504062023RP1
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  • Story Text: Mexicans began voting in a state election on Sunday (June 4) that looks poised to bolster President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ahead of the race to succeed him, with his party forecast to capture the chief remaining bastion of the country's old rulers.
    Lopez Obrador's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) is expected to tighten its grip on power by adding the governorship of the State of Mexico to the 21 regional governments it already controls, two-thirds of the total.
    The most populous region of the country, the State of Mexico, surrounds much of the capital and has been an economic and electoral bulwark of the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has governed there since 1929.
    Presidential elections are due in a year and polls are showing MORENA in the lead.
    Decades of one-party rule made the PRI a byword for corruption among many Mexicans, and it has struggled to compete with MORENA's message that it represents a vote for change.
    A poll published by newspaper Reforma showed the gubernatorial race has narrowed, but still gave MORENA's coalition, Juntos Hacemos Historia en el Estado de Mexico, candidate Delfina Gomez a 10 percentage point lead over Alejandra del Moral, a PRI politician fronting an opposition alliance.
    Gomez is vowing to give a fresh start to the state and to improve security, mindful of widespread concern over violence. Del Moral has said the PRI learned from its mistakes and that her coalition will be a broader alternative to MORENA.
    Polling stations opened at 8 a.m (1400 GMT) and are set to close at 6 p.m. (0000 GMT). The State of Mexico's electoral body is due to begin publishing results an hour later as they come in.
    (Production: Alberto Fajardo, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Anna Portella)
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