Mexican gubernatorial elections, 2010

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Gubernatorial elections were held in fourteen Mexican states on Sunday, July 4, 2010. [1] The gubernatorial elections were held simultaneously with other state and local elections. [1] Elections for governor were held in Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz and Zacatecas.

Aguascalientes State of Mexico

Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes.

Chiapas State of Mexico

Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the 31 states that along with the federal district of Mexico City make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 124 municipalities as of September 2017 and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Other important population centers in Chiapas include Ocosingo, Tapachula, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Comitán and Arriaga. It is the southernmost state in Mexico. It is located in Southeastern Mexico, and it borders the states of Oaxaca to the west, Veracruz to the northwest and Tabasco to the north, and by the Petén, Quiché, Huehuetenango and San Marcos departments of Guatemala to the east and southeast. Chiapas has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean to the south.

Chihuahua (state) State of Mexico

Chihuahua, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. It is located in Northwestern Mexico and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east. To the north and northeast, it has a long border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. Its capital city is Chihuahua City.

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The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), led by Beatriz Paredes, captured Aguascalientes and Tlaxcala from PAN and also picked up the governor's mansion in Zacatecas from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). [1]

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Tlaxcala State of Mexico

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Zacatecas State of Mexico

Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City.

State Gubernatorial elections

Aguascalientes

The results indicated an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) pick-up from the National Action Party (PAN). [1]

Baja California

Chiapas

Chihuahua

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Chihuahua. [1]

Durango

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Durango. [1]

Hidalgo

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo. [1]

Oaxaca

The incumbent government of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was seen as increasingly repressive and corrupt by voters and political observers. [1] Ruiz oversaw the crackdown on left-wing protesters in the city of Oaxaca in 2006, [1] leading to at least seventeen deaths. Ruiz was also believed to be linked to Oaxacan paramilitary groups [1] which are responsible to violence and deaths in rural areas of Oaxaca. [3]

On the day of the election, Oaxacan police arrested 39 people for possessing bomb making materials in two hotels. [1]

A party alliance between the state's largest vote winner, the Peace and Progress Coalition led by Gabino Cue, ousted the PRI from power. [1]

Puebla

An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and smaller parties won Puebla from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). [1] PAN-PRD pick-up. [1]

Quintana Roo

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo. [1] The mayor of Cancún had been arrested during the campaign for alleged connections to drug traffickers.

Sinaloa

An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) and smaller parties appear to have won Sinaloa from the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). [1] PAN-PDR pick-up. [1]

Tamaulipas

The gubernatorial election in Tamaulipas was marred by the violent assassination of the leading PRI candidate, Rodolfo Torre Cantú, and four members of his campaign on June 28, 2010. [1] His brother, Egidio, became the PRI candidate following the assassination.

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Tamaulipas. [1]

Tlaxcala

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Tlaxcala from the National Action Party (PAN). [1] PRI pick-up. [1]

Veracruz

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Vercruz. [1]

Zacatecas

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Zacatecas from the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). PRI pick-up. [1]

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