{"id":263601,"date":"2024-06-10T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=263601"},"modified":"2024-06-04T05:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T04:15:34","slug":"leftist-climate-scientist-claudia-sheinbaum-wins-mexican-presidency-in-landslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/06\/leftist-climate-scientist-claudia-sheinbaum-wins-mexican-presidency-in-landslide\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Climate Scientist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Mexican Presidency in Landslide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters after winning Mexico’s presidential election on 3 Jun 2024.
(Photo: Daniel Cardenas\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

The close ally of outgoing President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador is the first woman to win Mexico’s presidency.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3 Jun 2024 <\/em>– Leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of popular outgoing President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, won Mexico’s presidential election in a landslide on Sunday, with an official tally showing her leading right-wing opposition candidate X\u00f3chitl G\u00e1lvez by nearly 30 percentage points.<\/p>\n

G\u00e1lvez called<\/a> Sheinbaum early Monday to acknowledge the results and concede defeat in what was the largest race in Mexico’s history<\/a>\u2014a contest marred by deadly violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sheinbaum, a climate scientist<\/a> and the former mayor of Mexico City, is set to become the first woman and the first person of Jewish descent to lead Mexico after Sunday’s overwhelming victory, which was a boon to her leftist Morena party. According to official vote tallies, The Washington Post<\/em>reported<\/a>, Morena and its allies “appeared close to winning a supermajority in Congress, which would allow them to change the constitution.”<\/p>\n

“We imagine a plural, diverse, and democratic Mexico,” Sheinbaum told<\/a> cheering supporters on Sunday. “Our duty is and will always be to look after each and every Mexican, without distinction.”<\/p>\n

David Adler, co-general coordinator of Progressive International, called Sheinbaum and Morena’s win “epic, whopping, [and] historic.”<\/p>\n

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And here are the numbers for the Mexican legislature. An epic, whopping, historic victory for MORENA and the \u2018Fourth Transformation\u2019 \ud83e\udd2f https:\/\/t.co\/3pCB1HvefS<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EA2bKXb2CL<\/a><\/p>\n

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n