2021 Mexican gubernatorial elections

Gubernatorial elections were held in Mexico on June 6, 2021. Governors were to 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.

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On December 5, 2020,  PAN,  PRI, and PRD announced an electoral alliance, Va por México ("Go For Mexico").[1][2] INE approved the Va por México alliance and the Juntos hacemos historia (″Together we make history″) alliance. Juntos hacemos historia consists of PT, PVEM, and MORENA.[3]

Map of 2021 Mexican Gubernatorial Election Results

The Instituto Nacional Electoral (National Electoral Institute, INE) issued a statement on February 3, 2021, saying that it would not be prudent to postpone the election because of the COVID-19 pandemic and doing so could even trigger a constitutional crisis by delaying the opening of the 65th Congress. INE board president Lorenzo Córdova noted the successful elections in Hidalgo and Coahuila in October 2020.[4]

According to the rapid count of INE, MORENA won eleven states,  PAN won two, and PVEM and MC one each. The big loser was  PRI, which controlled eight gubernatorial offices prior to the election.[5]

Race summary
State Incumbent
State Governor Party Candidates
Baja California Jaime Bonilla Valdez MORENA
Baja California Sur Carlos Mendoza Davis PAN
Campeche Carlos Miguel Aysa González PRI
Chihuahua Javier Corral Jurado PAN
Colima José Ignacio Peralta PRI
Guerrero Héctor Astudillo Flores PRI
Michoacán Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD
  • Green tickY Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla (MORENA)
  • Carlos Herrera Tello (PRD)
  • Juan Antonio Magaña (PVEM)
Nayarit Antonio Echevarría García PAN
Nuevo León Jaime Rodríguez Calderón Independent
  • Green tickY Samuel García Sepúlveda (MC)
  • Adrián de la Garza (PRI)
  • Fernando Larrazábal Bretón (PAN)
  • Carolina Garza (PESol)
  • Emilio Jacques (FXM)
  • Daney Siller (RSP)
Querétaro Francisco Domínguez Servién PAN
San Luis Potosí Juan Manuel Carreras PRI
  • Green tickY Ricardo Gallardo (PVEM)
  • Octavio Pedroza (PAN)
  • Mónica Rangel (MORENA)
Sinaloa Quirino Ordaz Coppel PRI
Sonora Claudia Pavlovich Arellano PRI
Tlaxcala Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez PRI
Zacatecas Alejandro Tello Cristerna PRI
  • Green tickY David Monreal Ávila (MORENA)
  • Claudia Anaya Mota (PAN)
  • Ana María Romo Fonseca (MC)
  • María Guadalupe Medina Padilla (PES)
  • Fernanda Salomé Perera Trejo (RSP)
  • Miriam García Zamora (FXM)
  • Flavio Campos Viramontes (Para Desarrollar Zacatecas)
  • Javier Valadez Becerra (Partido del Pueblo)
  • Bibiana Lizardo (Movimiento Dignidad)

States

Baja California

Governor of Baja California – incumbent Jaime Bonilla Valdez MORENA

Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda (Juntos Haremos Historia) was declared the winner with 48.1% of the vote.[5]

Baja California Sur

Governor of Baja California Sur – incumbent Carlos Mendoza Davis  PAN

Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío ( MORENA) was declared the winner with 46.45% of the vote.[5]

Campeche

Governor of Campeche – incumbent (substitute) Carlos Miguel Aysa González  PRI

Layda Elena Sansores ( MORENA) was declared the winner with 32.8%. Eliseo Fernandez ( MC) had 32.4%, and Christian Castro ( PRI) had 30.9%.[5]

Chihuahua

Governor of Chihuahua – incumbent Javier Corral Jurado  PAN

María Eugenia Campos Galván ( PAN) was declared the winnerwith 44.3% of the vote.[5]

Colima

Governor of Colima – incumbent José Ignacio Peralta  PRI

The candidates formally began their campaigns on Friday, March 5.[17]

Indira Vizcaíno Silva ( MORENA PANAL) was declared the winner with 32.9% of the vote. Mely Romero Celis ( PAN) was second with 27.5%[5]

Guerrero

Governor of Guerrero – incumbent Héctor Astudillo Flores  PRI

Many women, including members of Morena, demanded the party withdraw it support for Félix Salgado Macedonio after allegations of sexual abuse became public.[19] The Comisión Nacional de Honestidad y Justicia (CNHJ) of Morena ruled that the accusations of five women were unfounded and that Salgado Macedonio could continue as the party's candidate.[20] He was approved by the electoral commission on March 4 and reportedly was favored 3:1 over Mario Moreno Arcos in polls.[21] Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) disqualified Salgado Macedonio for not reporting expenses related to his Facebook page.[22] Fifteen thousand people marched in Chilpancingo to demand that Salgado Macedonio be allowed to run.[23]

The candidates formally began their campaigns on Friday, March 5.[17]

Evelyn Salgado ( MORENA) was declared the winner with 46% of the vote.[5]

Michoacán

Governor of Michoacán – incumbent Silvano Aureoles Conejo PRD

Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla ( MORENA) was declared the winner with 41.5% of the vote. Carlos Herrera Tello ( PRD) was second with 39%.[5]

Nayarit

Governor of Nayarit – incumbent Antonio Echevarría García  PAN

Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero (Juntos Haremos Historia) won with 49.5% of the vote.[5]

Nuevo León

Governor of Nuevo León – incumbent Jaime Rodríguez Calderón ″El Bronco″, Independent

The candidates formally began their campaigns on Friday, March 5.[31]

Samuel García ( MC) won with 36.6% of the vote. Adrian de la Garza (Va Fuerte por Nuevo León  PRI) was second with 27.9%.[5] The electoral court (TEPJF) determined on June 10 that Garcia had engaged in gender violence against Clara Luz Flores Carrales ( MORENA), and would be sanction. He has to publish an apology and he and members of his campaign have to take a training course about gender violence.[32]

Querétaro

Governor of Querétaro – incumbent Francisco Domínguez Servién  PAN

Mauricio Kuri González (Querétaro Independiente and  PAN) won with 54.2% of the vote.[5]

San Luis Potosí

Governor of San Luis Potosí – incumbent Juan Manuel Carreras  PRI[17]

The candidates formally began their campaigns on Friday, March 5.[17] Speaking in Tancanhuitz de Santos, Rangel Martínez noted that only two of ten women in the region have formal employment.[36]

Ricardo Gallardo ( PVEM) won with 36.9% of the vote. Octavio Pedroza (Sí por San Luis Potosí  PAN) was second with 34.1%.[5]

Sinaloa

Governor of Sinaloa – incumbent Quirino Ordaz Coppel  PRI

Rubén Zarazúa Rocha ( MORENA) won with 57.6% of the vote.[5]

Sonora

Governor of Sonora – incumbent Claudia Pavlovich Arellano  PRI[17]

The candidates formally began their campaigns on Friday, March 5.[17] Durazo Montaño, Gándara Camou, and Bours Castelo spoke about women's rights.[38]

Alfonso Durazo (Juntos Haremos Historia por Sonora MORENA) won with 50.5% of the vote.[5]

Tlaxcala

Governor of Tlaxcala – incumbent Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez  PRI

Lorena Cuéllar Cisneros (Juntos Haremos Historia ( MORENA) won with 50.1% of the vote.[5]

Zacatecas

Governor of Zacatecas – incumbent Alejandro Tello Cristerna  PRI

  • Claudia Anaya Mota Va por México ( PAN PRI PRD)[7][13] She kicked off her official campaign on March 7, 2021, criticizing the federal government's weak response to 11 femicides per day and the COVID-19 pandemic.[40]
  • David Monreal Ávila Juntos Haremos Historia ( MORENA PT PVEM PANAL), current federal senator and former municipal president of Fresnillo (2007-2010)[41]
  • Ana María Romo Fonseca ( MC)
  • María Guadalupe Medina Padilla ( PES)
  • Fernanda Salomé Perera Trejo ( RSP)
  • Miriam García Zamora ( FXM)
  • Flavio Campos Viramontes (Para Desarrollar Zacatecas)
  • Javier Valadez Becerra (Partido del Pueblo)
  • Bibiana Lizardo (Movimiento Dignidad)

David Monreal Ávila (Juntos Haremos Historia ( MORENA) won with 48.6% of the vote.[5]

Absentee voting

Mexican citizens from eleven states who live overseas can vote electronically. Most of the elections are for governor, but those from Mexico City and Guerrero will be able to vote for Diputado Migrante and people from Jalisco can vote for Diputado por Representación de Proporcional.[42]

Social media

Even before the campaigns officially began on March 5, gubernatorial candidates had spent more than MXN $2 million on Facebook. Candidates of MORENA led the way: Clara Luz Flores, Nuevo León ($765,235); María del Pilar Ávila, Baja California ($432,766); and Celia Maya, Querétaro ($415,303). Juan Carlos Loera, Chihuahua, and Alfonso Durazo, Sonora, have also spent more than $200,000 each.[43]

Organized crime and politics

Several different criminal gangs implicated in drug trafficking, human trafficking, and fuel theft have a great deal of political influence in some states.[44] The Sinaloa Cartel exercises considerable control in the northwest while the Jalisco New Generation Cartel′s (CJNG) influence is in the west including Michoacan and Guerrero. The Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas are powerful in the northeast.[44]

In the past, drug cartels have influenced campaigns by supporting candidates and even running some of their own member or sympathizers as candidates for office[44] such as Lucero Sánchez López, former federal deputy from Sinaloa who was also Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán′s lover.[45] Election-related violence is of particular concern in Michoacan, not only because of the aforementioned drug cartels but also because of armed community police who often act as vigilantes.[45]

See also

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