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OANβsΒ James Meyers
8:19 AM β Monday, June 3, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum made history on Sunday becoming the first female elected President for Mexico.Β
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Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, received 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a statistical sample used to conduct the quick count.Β
Opposing candidate XΓ³chitl GΓ‘lvez, also a woman, had between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote, and Jorge Γlvarez MΓ‘ynez had between 9.9% and 10.8% of the vote, the National Electoral Instituteβs president reported.
Sheinbaum addressed supporters, saying, βFor the first time in 200 years of our republic, I will become the first woman presidentβ¦but as Iβve said in other occasions, I donβt make it alone. Weβve all made it, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.β
Current and outgoing President AndrΓ©s Manuel LΓ³pez Obrador praised Sheinbaumβs historic win in a video released early Monday.
Β βI congratulate Claudia Sheinbaum, who came out as the victor, with a wide margin. It will be the first female president of Mexico in 200 years,β he said.
βThe president [Sheinbaum] possibly got the most votes in our countryβs history,β he added.
The 61-year-old Shinebaum will begin her six-year term starting October 1st.
βI will become the first woman president of Mexico,β Sheinbaum said at a downtown hotel in Mexico City, shortly after she was projected to win the election.
βI donβt make it alone. Weβve all made it, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters,β she added. βWe have demonstrated that Mexico is a democratic country with peaceful elections.β
Sheinbaum will carry on outgoing President Manuel LΓ³pez Obradorβs legacy, after he hand-picked her as his successor.Β
Sheinbaum is another leftist, who has spoken against economic inequality and supports government intervention for society.
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