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Gubernatorial elections were held in fourteen Mexican states on Sunday, July 4, 2010.[1] The gubernatorial elections were held simultaneously with other state and local elections.[1] Elections for governor were held in Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz and Zacatecas.
A multi-party alliance between President Felipe Calderón's National Action Party (PAN) and left-wing parties won elections in Oaxaca, Puebla and Sinaloa.[1][2]
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), led by Beatriz Paredes, captured Aguascalientes and Tlaxcala from PAN and also picked-up the governor's mansion in Zacatecas from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR).[1]
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State Gubernatorial elections
Aguascalientes
Main article: Aguascalientes gubernatorial election, 2010The results indicated a Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) pick-up from the National Action Party ((PAN).[1]
Baja California
Main article: Baja California gubernatorial election, 2010Chiapas
Main article: Chiapas gubernatorial election, 2010Chihuahua
Main article: Chihuahua gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Chihuahua.[1]
Durango
Main article: Durango gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Durango.[1]
Hidalgo
Main article: Hidalgo gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo.[1]
Oaxaca
Main article: Oaxaca gubernatorial election, 2010The incumbent government of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was seen as increasingly repressive and corrupt by voters and political observers.[1] Ruiz oversaw the crackdown on left-wing protesters in the city of Oaxaca in 2006,[1] leading to at least seventeen deaths. Ruiz was also believed to be linked to Oaxacan paramilitary groups[1] which are responsible to violence and deaths in rural areas of Oaxaca.[3]
On the day of the election, Oaxacan police arrested 39 people for possessing bomb making materials in two hotels.[1]
A party alliance between the state's largest vote winner, the Peace and Progress Coalition led by Gabino Cue, ousted the PRI from power.[1]
Puebla
Main article: Puebla gubernatorial election, 2010An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and smaller parties won Puebla from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] PAN-PRD pick-up.[1]
Quintana Roo
Main article: Quintana Roo gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo.[1] The mayor of Cancún had been arrested during the campaign for alleged connections to drug traffickers.
Sinaloa
Main article: Sinaloa gubernatorial election, 2010An alliance between the National Action Party ((PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) and smaller parties appear to have won won Sinaloa from the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] PAN-PDR pick-up.[1]
Tamaulipas
Main article: Tamaulipas gubernatorial election, 2010The gubernatorial election in Tamaulipas was marred by the violent assassination of the leading PRI candidate, Rodolfo Torre Cantú, and four members of his campaign on June 28, 2010.[1] His brother, Egidio, became the PRI following the assassination.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Tamaulipas.[1]
Tlaxcala
Main article: Tlaxcala gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Tlaxcala from the National Action Party ((PAN).[1] PRI pick-up.[1]
Veracruz
Main article: Veracruz gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Vercruz.[1]
Zacatecas
Main article: Zacatecas gubernatorial election, 2010The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Zacatecas from the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR). PRI pick-up.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "In Mexico elections, PRI makes gains but appears to lose 3 key states". Los Angeles Times. 2008-07-05. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/07/mexico-elections-update-pri-pan-prd.html. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ Rodriguez, Olga (2008-07-04). "Mexican president's allies lead in key elections". San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/04/mexican-presidents-allies-lead-in-key-elections/. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "Humanitarian aid caravan is attacked in Oaxaca". Los Angeles Times. 2008-04-28. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/04/oaxaca-caravan-deaths.html. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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