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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Dave Graham and Alberto Fajardo

Mexican president's party to win key state in election

Delfina Gomez, candidate for governor of the State of Mexico for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), reacts after preliminary results of the state election were announced, in Toluca, Mexico June 4, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero

The party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was set to win a major opposition bastion in a state election on Sunday, preliminary results showed, giving the country's leader a boost as he seeks to pave the way for a successor next year.

In the State of Mexico gubernatorial race, Lopez Obrador's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) was expected to win 52.1 to 54.2% of the vote, while the candidate running for an opposition alliance was forecast to garner 43.0 to 45.2%, the state's electoral institute (IEEM) estimated.

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