announced late Sunday indicated Alfredo del Mazo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, was likely to win between 32.75 percent and 33.59 percent of the ballots in the State of Mexico, compared with 30.73 percent to 31.53 percent for his closest rival, Delfina Gomez of the leftist Morena party.
Date: Jun 05, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
Key election opening in Mexico's most populous state
A state victory for the PRIs closest competitor, the leftist Morena party and schoolteacher-turned-politician Delfina Gomez, would boost party leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors chances as he prepares to make a third run for the presidency in 2018.
Date: Jun 04, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
Mexico's ruling party faces major challenges in voting on Sunday
Polls in Mexico state show a tight, two-person battle in the governors race between the Morena candidate, Delfina Gomez, 54, a former schoolteacher and local mayor, and the PRI hopeful, Alfredo Del Mazo Maza, 41, a ruling-party stalwart who is the son and grandson of former state governors.