Baja California,officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California,is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952,the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi) and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula,north of the 28th parallel,plus oceanic Guadalupe Island. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean;on the east by Sonora,the U.S. state of Arizona,and the Gulf of California;on the north by the U.S. state of California;and on the south by Baja California Sur.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador,also known by his initials AMLO,is a Mexican politician who has served as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005.
The Labor Party is a political party in Mexico. Founded on December 8 1990,it is a party of the left with support from diverse regional and international sectors. Its motto is National Unity,all power to the people! The party is currently led by Alberto Anaya.
María Lilly del Carmen Téllez García,professionally known as Lilly Téllez,is a Mexican senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the state of Sonora. She previously worked as a journalist for television broadcaster TV Azteca.
Tijuana Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of Tijuana. According to the 2020 census,the municipality had a population of 1,922,523. Luis Arturo González Cruz of the MORENA is the current municipal president. The municipality comprises the largest part of the Tijuana metropolitan area.
The Governor of Baja California represents the executive branch of the government of the state of Baja California,Mexico,per the state's constitution. The official title is "Free and Sovereign State of Baja California",and the position is democratically elected for a period of 6 years,and is not re-electable. From 1953 to 2019,the governor's term began November 1 of the year of the election and finishes October 31,six years later. To coincide with the federal elections,the law was changed,decreeing there would be an election in 2019,another in 2021,and yet another in 2024 before reverting to a six-year term.
General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018. Voters elected a new President of Mexico to serve a six-year term,128 members of the Senate for a period of six years and 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for a period of three years. It was one of the largest election days in Mexican history,with most of the nation's states holding state and local elections on the same day,including nine governorships,with over 3,400 positions subject to elections at all levels of government. It was the most violent campaign Mexico has experienced in recent history,with 130 political figures killed since September 2017.
MORENA is a major Mexican left-wing political party. It is described as an anti-neoliberal and populist party. It is the ruling party of Mexico since 2018.
Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío is a Mexican politician currently affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement. He is the governor of Baja California Sur.
Social Encounter Party was a Mexican conservative political party established on the national level in 2014 and dissolved in 2018. It was part of the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia with the National Regeneration Movement and Mexico's Labor Party for the 2018 Mexican election.
Same-sex marriage in Baja California has been legal since 3 November 2017 when the Secretary General of Government instructed the state's civil registry to immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples and cease enforcement of the state's same-sex marriage ban. This was in line with jurisprudence established by the Mexican Supreme Court,which has ruled that bans on same-sex marriage violate Articles 1 and 4 of the Constitution of Mexico. Previously,Baja California had banned same-sex marriage both by statute and in its state constitution.
Juntos Haremos Historia was a Mexican political coalition encompassing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA),Labor Party (PT),and Social Encounter Party (PES),the latter of which was consequently absorbed into the National Regeneration Movement,to compete in the 2018 general election. Its current leader,as well as their presidential candidate,is Andrés Manuel López Obrador,who won the election.
Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 6 June 2021. Voters elected 500 deputies to sit in the Chamber of Deputies for the 65th Congress.
Delfina Gómez Álvarez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). She served as the head of the Secretariat of Public Education appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. She served as a senator from the State of Mexico in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. She also has served as a federal deputy and mayor.
This article lists events occurring in Mexico during the year 2020. 2020 is the "Year of Leona Vicario, Benemérita (Praiseworthy) Mother of the Fatherland". The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues.
This article lists events occurring in Mexico during the year 2021. The article lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Cultural events,including major sporting events,are also listed. For a more expansive list of political events,see 2021 in Mexican politics and government.
Events pertaining to 2021 in Mexican politics and government.
Gubernatorial elections were held in Mexico on June 6,2021. Governors will be elected in the states of Baja California,Baja California Sur,Chihuahua,Colima,Guerrero,Michoacán,Nayarit,Nuevo León,Sinaloa,Sonora,Campeche,Querétaro,San Luis Potosí,Tlaxcala,and Zacatecas. The formal period of campaigning is from March 5 to June 2,2021.
Local elections are scheduled to be held in Mexico on June 6,2021. Local elections will be held for thirty state congresses,1,900 town halls,Mexico City borough mayors,municipal boards and municipal presidents. Fifteen gubernatorial elections and federal legislative elections will be held the same day.
Rubén Rocha Moya is a Mexican politician and educator who has served as the Governor of Sinaloa since 2021. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA),Rocha previously served in the Senate of Mexico from 2018 to 2021.
