MEXICO CITY (AP) — The former mayor of Mexico City will be the dominant ruling party’s presidential candidate, moving the country closer to electing its first ever female president next year.
The decision driven by polls of Morena party members means that Claudia Sheinbaum will run as the party’s candidate in the June presidential election.
Mexico’s constitution bars outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador from a second six-year term.
Sheinbaum is a close ally of the popular López Obrador and as Morena’s candidate she will enjoy a distinct advantage in June.
López Obrador had said that he would let the party faithful decide its candidate.
Persons:
Morena, Claudia Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Alfonso Durazo, Sheinbaum, Marcelo Ebrard, López, “, ” Sheinbaum, Ebrard, ”, Xóchitl Gálvez, Durazo, López Obrador
Organizations:
MEXICO CITY, Foreign, López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s, Institutional Revolutionary Party
Locations:
MEXICO, Mexico City, Morena, Mexico