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handle is hein.crs/govepfj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Mexico's 2024 Elections Updated June 6, 2024 On June 2, 2024, Mexico, atop U.S. trade and strategic partner, convened elections for federal, state, and local offices, including the presidency, both chambers of congress, and nine governorships. Preliminary results indicate a decisive victory for the ruling National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), created by outgoing President Andres Manuel L6pez Obrador, and its coalition. MORENA's candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, won the presidential race by more than 30 percentage points. Sheinbaum, who is to be North America's first female head of government, is scheduled to take office on October 1 for a single, six-year term. According to preliminary quick-count results, the MORENA-led coalition also received the most votes in legislative elections and won seven of nine gubernatorial contests, including the race for Mexico City's head of government. MORENA's coalition appears to have secured a two-thirds majority in the Mexican congress's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies; the size of the coalition's majority in the Senate remains unclear. Atwo-thirds majority in both houses of congress would enable the government to amend the constitution without cross-party support. The 118t Congress has undertaken legislative and oversight initiatives on issues involving cross-border cooperation with Mexico, including fentanyl trafficking, migration, and continued implementation ofthe United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Members may assess the election's results and their implications for ongoing cooperation on these and other issues in U.S.-Mexico relations. Preliminary Results and Outlook The MORENA party, which has been the dominant force in Mexican politics since 2018, consolidated political power in the 2024 elections. Sheinbaum, the presidential candidate for the MORENA-led coalition, received 59% of the vote, a larger share than her mentor and outgoing President L6pez Obrador garnered in 2018 (53.2%). Sheinbaum consistently led in preelection polls, but her margin of victory over X6chitl Galvez, the candidate of an ideologically diverse opposition coalition comprising the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), conservative National Action Party (PAN), and center-left Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), surprised some analysts (see Figure 1). President-elect Sheinbaurn is a former head of government of Mexico City (2018-2023) and longtime ally of President L6pez Obrador. As a candidate, Sheinbaum pledged to build on L6pez Obrador's policies, such as minimum wage increases, cash transfer programs, and infrastructure development programs. Some analysts assess that her reported pragmatism as mayor and scientific background could nevertheless Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12356 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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