Mexico Opposition Party Wins Mayoral Race in Tijuana
MEXICALI, Mexico — The principal opposition of Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party gained a historic triumph Monday by electing the next mayor of Tijuana.
The ruling party recognized the mayoral victory of Carlos Montejo Favela, a banker and financial consultant who ran under the blue and white banner of the opposition National Action Party, or PAN.
Montejo, who takes office Dec. 1, along with nine PAN city council representatives, will be the first-ever opposition mayor of Tijuana, a city of about 1.5 million.
Meanwhile, as the official vote count from the July 2 election continued, there was still no concrete word on the election’s most significant outcome: the apparent victory of PAN’s candidate, Ernesto Ruffo Appel, in the Baja governor’s race.
The ruling party leadership last week acknowledged the victory, but the electoral commission has yet to make an announcement.
The state’s likely new chief executive would be the first opposition governor in modern Mexico.
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