President Felipe Calderon´s National Action Party (PAN) won the governorship of Baja California Sur Sunday, February 6 after 12 years of Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) rule.
PAN candidate Marco Covarrubias won with 40 percent of the vote with the Institutional Revolution Party´s (PRI) Ricardo Barrosos in second place with 34 percent. The PRD won 21 percent of the vote.
The result, in Mexico´s least populated state, was something of a surprise following the result in Guerrero the week before where the PRD won after the PAN candidate stepped aside. Perhaps the fact that Covarrubias used to be a member of the PRD helps to explain the result.
The next elections in Mexico will take place as follows:
July 3: Coahuila
Governor and Congress. Incumbent: Humberto Moreira (PRI)
July 3: Nayarit
Governor, Congress and Mayoral. Incumbent: Ney Gonzalez (PRI)
July 3: Mexico State
Governor. Incumbent: Enrique Peña Nieto (PRI)
July 3 : Hidalgo
Mayoral
November 13: Michoacan
Governor, Congress and Mayoral. Incumbent: Leonel Godoy (PRD)
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