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The Mexican state of Oaxaca held an election on Sunday, 1 August 2004. At stake was the office of the Oaxaca State Governor, the unicameral Oaxaca State Congress, and 570 mayors and municipal councils.
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The Mexican state of Oaxaca held an election on Sunday, 1 August 2004. At stake was the office of the Oaxaca State Governor, the unicameral Oaxaca State Congress, and 570 mayors and municipal councils.
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was José Murat Casab of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Ulises Ruiz Ortiz | "Nueva Fuerza Oaxaqueña" PRI, PVEM, PT | 523,978 | 47.56 |
| Gabino Cué Monteagudo | "Todos Somos Oaxaca" PAN, PRD, CD | 488,640 | 44.35 |
| Héctor Sánchez López | "Unidad Popular" | 44,347 | 4.02 |
| Write-in candidates | 3,254 | 0.30 | |
| spoil/blank votes | 41,588 | 3.77 | |
| Totals | 1,101,807 | 100.00 |
Source: IEEO Archived 10 August 2004 at the Wayback Machine
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