Claudia Sheinbaum was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, becoming the first woman and the first Jewish person ever to hold the position.
Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, emerged with between 58.3 percent and 60.7 percent of the vote, the National Electoral Institute president said, citing a statistical sample that showed Sheinbaum as the winner was projected.
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With nearly 50 percent of polling stations reporting, Sheinbaum had a 28-point lead over Gálvez, according to the official preliminary count.
Sheinbaum’s ruling Morena Party is also expected to win a majority in both chambers of Congress, The Associated Press reported.
“I will be the first female president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said at a hotel in downtown Mexico City, shortly after she was expected to win the election.
“I can’t make it alone. We all made it, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters,” she added. “We have shown that Mexico is a democratic country with peaceful elections.”
Sheinbaum said her two competitors called her and conceded the election.
Sheinbaum’s expected victory is a victory for the legacy of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which will live on through his hand-picked successor. Sheinbaum, a left-wing politician, has spoken out against economic inequality and supports government intervention through policies that strengthen the social safety net.
Sheinbaum will begin her six-year term on October 1.
The Associated Press contributed to the reporting.
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