2006 Guanajuato state election

Last updated

A local election was held in the Mexican state of Guanajuato on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:

Gubernatorial Election

Eight political parties participated in the 2006 Guanajuato state election.

Party/AllianceCandidate
Alliance PAN PANAL Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez
Alliance for Mexico (PRI PVEM) Miguel Ángel Chico Herrera
Alliance PRD PT Ricardo García Oseguera
Social Democratic and Farmer Alternative
Convergence

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Governor of Michigan</span> Head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Michigan

The governor of Michigan is the head of government, and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer, a member of the Democratic Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the state's 49th governor. She was re-elected to serve a second term in 2022. The governor is elected to a four-year term and is limited to two terms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guanajuato</span> State of Mexico

Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Romualdo Pacheco</span> Governor of California

José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco was a Californio statesman and diplomat. A Republican, he is best known as the only Hispanic person to serve as Governor of California since the American Conquest of California, and as the first Latino to represent a state in the U.S. Congress. Pacheco was elected and appointed to various state, federal, and diplomatic offices throughout his more than thirty-year career, including serving as a California State Treasurer, California State Senator, and three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elections in Mexico</span>

Elections in Mexico are held every 6 years to elect a president and every 3 years to elect a legislature. These elections determine who, on the national level, takes the position of the head of state – the president – as well as the legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States midterm election</span> General elections in the United States that are held two years after the quadrennial elections

Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bajío International Airport</span> International airport serving León, Guanajuato, Mexico

León/Bajio International Airport ; officially Aeropuerto Internacional de Guanajuato, is an international airport situated in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. It is the main international airport serving the Greater León Metropolitan Area and the State of Guanajuato, which is home to a population of 6 million residents, including the cities of Celaya, Guanajuato, Irapuato, Salamanca, and San Miguel de Allende. In addition to offering domestic flights within Mexico, it serves as a gateway for international travel, connecting Central Mexico to various destinations in the United States. It serves as a focus city for Volaris and supports flight training, cargo, logistics and general aviation activities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juan Carlos Romero Hicks</span> Mexican politician (born 1955)

Juan Carlos Romero Hicks is a Mexican politician and elected official, member of the National Action Party, and a Federal Senator since August 29, 2012. He was the Director General of the Mexican National Science and Technology Council (CONACyT) from 2006 to 2011. He served as Governor of Guanajuato from 2000 to 2006. From 1991 to 1999 he served as Chancellor of the University of Guanajuato.

A local election was held in the Mexican state of Jalisco on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Congress of Guanajuato</span> Legislative body of Guanajato

The Congress of the State of Guanajuato is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Guanajuato. The Congress is the governmental deliberative body of Guanajuato, which is equal to, and independent of, the executive.

Miguel Ángel Chico Herrera is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was President of the party, charge that he held from 2005 to 2009. In March 2006 he became the PRI candidate to the governorship of Guanajuato, for the 2006 Guanajuato elections held on July 2, 2006. Chico has also run to mayor of Celaya, local deputy and federal deputy. He has been director of the newspaper El Sol del Bajío in his native Guanajuato. He is currently a Local Congressman for the State of Guanajuato and the representative of all Local Congress in Mexico before the America's Parliamentary Confederation (COPA)

Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party  PAN who served as Governor of Guanajuato from 2006 to 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York State Comptroller</span> Elected constitutional officer

The New York state comptroller is an elected constitutional officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the New York state government's Department of Audit and Control. Sixty-one individuals have held the office of State Comptroller since statehood. The incumbent is Thomas DiNapoli, a Democrat.

The 2006 Tabasco state election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006 to elect the Governor of Tabasco, municipal presidents across the state, and local deputies in the state Congress.

Luis Alberto Villarreal García is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party. He served as a Senator representing Guanajuato and coordinator of the National Action Party Parliamentary Group in the Chamber of Deputies LXII Legislature until August 13, 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pat Harkins</span> American politician

Patrick J. Harkins is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for 1st District and was elected in 2006.

A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election. Some jurisdictions exercise term limits, setting a maximum number of terms an individual may hold in a particular office.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Government of Indiana</span> State government of the United States

The government of Indiana is established and regulated by the Constitution of Indiana. The state-level government consists of three branches: the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and the executive branch. The three branches share power and jointly govern the state of Indiana. County and local governments are also constitutional bodies with limited authority to levy taxes, pass legislation, and create and maintain local public infrastructure.

In the United States, the government of each of the 50 states is structured in accordance with its individual constitution. In turn, each state constitution must be grounded in republican principles. Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution tasks the federal government with assuring that each state's government is so organized.

Yulma Rocha Aguilar is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She represents the ninth district of Guanajuato in the Chamber of Deputies for the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2026 United States elections</span>

The 2026 United States elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. During this U.S. midterm election, which will occur during the term of the president elected in the 2024 United States presidential election, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress. 39 state and territorial U.S. gubernatorial elections, as well as numerous state and local elections, will also be contested.