2010 Mexican gubernatorial elections
{{Politics of Mexico}}
Gubernatorial elections were held in fourteen Mexican states on Sunday, July 4, 2010.{{cite news |title=In Mexico elections, PRI makes gains but appears to lose 3 key states|url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/07/mexico-elections-update-pri-pan-prd.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2008-07-05 |accessdate=2010-07-07}} The gubernatorial elections were held simultaneously with other state and local elections. 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.{{cite news |first=Olga|last=Rodriguez|title=Mexican president's allies lead in key elections|url= http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/04/mexican-presidents-allies-lead-in-key-elections/|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|date=2008-07-04 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}
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 (PRD).
State Gubernatorial elections
=Aguascalientes=
{{Main|2010 Aguascalientes gubernatorial election}}
The results indicated an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) pick-up from the National Action Party (PAN).
=Baja California=
{{Main|2010 Baja California gubernatorial election}}
=Chiapas=
{{Main|2010 Chiapas gubernatorial election}}
=Chihuahua=
{{Main|2010 Chihuahua gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Chihuahua.
=Durango=
{{Main|2010 Durango gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Durango.
=Hidalgo=
{{Main|2010 Hidalgo gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo.
=Oaxaca=
{{Main|2010 Oaxaca gubernatorial election}}
The incumbent government of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was seen as increasingly repressive and corrupt by voters and political observers. Ruiz oversaw the crackdown on left-wing protesters in the city of Oaxaca in 2006, leading to at least seventeen deaths. Ruiz was also believed to be linked to Oaxacan paramilitary groups which are responsible to violence and deaths in rural areas of Oaxaca.{{cite news |title=Humanitarian aid caravan is attacked in Oaxaca |url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/04/oaxaca-caravan-deaths.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2008-04-28 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}
On the day of the election, Oaxacan police arrested 39 people for possessing bomb making materials in two hotels.
A party alliance between the state's largest vote winner, the Peace and Progress Coalition led by Gabino Cue, ousted the PRI from power.
=Puebla=
{{Main|2010 Puebla gubernatorial election}}
An 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). PAN-PRD pick-up.
=Quintana Roo=
{{Main|2010 Quintana Roo gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo. The mayor of Cancún had been arrested during the campaign for alleged connections to drug traffickers.
=Sinaloa=
{{Main|2010 Sinaloa gubernatorial election}}
An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) and smaller parties appear to have won Sinaloa from the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). PAN-PDR pick-up.
=Tamaulipas=
{{Main|2010 Tamaulipas gubernatorial election}}
The 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. His brother, Egidio, became the PRI candidate following the assassination.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Tamaulipas.
=Tlaxcala=
{{Main|2010 Tlaxcala gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Tlaxcala from the National Action Party (PAN). PRI pick-up.
=Veracruz=
{{Main|2010 Veracruz gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Veracruz.
=Zacatecas=
{{Main|2010 Zacatecas gubernatorial election}}
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Zacatecas from the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). PRI pick-up.
References
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External links
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10459705.stm BBC News: Drug gang violence casts shadow over Mexico elections]
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Category:2010 in Mexican politics
Category:2010 elections in Mexico