CNN —Mexico is set to elect its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City’s former mayor and climate scientist, is on track to win the country’s largest election in history.
The 61-year-old rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their Morena party.
Not only is she set to be Mexico’s first female president, Sheinbaum will also be the country’s first leader of Jewish heritage, although she rarely speaks publicly about her personal background and has governed as a secular leftist.
Supporters of Claudia Sheinbaum celebrate during an election rally in Mexico City on June 2, 2024.
If the court validates the election, Sheinbaum will take office on October 1.
Persons:
Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Xóchitl Gálvez, Jorge Álvarez Máynez, Sheinbaum’s, Luis Antonio Rojas, Jesús María Tarriba Unger, López Obrador, coy
Organizations:
CNN, National Electoral Institute, National Action, Institutional Revolutionary, Democratic Revolution, Citizens ’ Movement, Bloomberg, Getty, Morena, Mexico City, Judicial, Federation
Locations:
Mexico, Morena, Mexico City