{"id":2258279,"date":"2024-06-03T05:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-presidential-election-claudia-sheinbaum-becomes-countrys-first-female-leader\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T05:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T09:19:53","slug":"mexican-presidential-election-claudia-sheinbaum-becomes-countrys-first-female-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-presidential-election-claudia-sheinbaum-becomes-countrys-first-female-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico&#8217;s Historic Election: Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History as First Female President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexican-presidential-election-claudia-sheinbaum-becomes-countrys-first-female-leader%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Claudia Sheinbaum emerges as Mexico&#8217;s \u2062first female president after winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a>, securing 58.3% \u2064to 60.7% of the vote. The victory\u200d ensures six more\u200b years of left-leaning Morena Party leadership. \u200bSheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico \u2062City, succeeds\u2062 Andres Manuel \u2063Lopez\u2062 Obrador, promising to uphold his policies. This historic election showcased Mexico&#8217;s democratic ethos amidst challenges of violence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Claudia Sheinbaum has won Mexico\u2019s presidential election, becoming the country\u2019s first female president and setting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mexico<\/a> up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3022866\/what-you-need-to-know-mexico-historic-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>six more years<\/a> of left-leaning Morena Party leadership. <\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum earned between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mexico-elections-president-governorships-lopez-obrador-d7fef5c7ac964072401ba6d9809dd7d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>, which officially declared Sheinbaum the winner shortly after 4 a.m. EST. Xochitl Galvez, an opposition senator, finished in second place, with between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote. The president-elect is the former mayor of Mexico City, the country\u2019s capital and largest city.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum arrives to vote in general elections in Mexico City, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo\/Matias Delacroix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will become the first woman president of Mexico,\u201d Sheinbaum said after officially being declared the winner of the election. \u201cI don\u2019t make it alone. We\u2019ve all made it, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum was the chosen successor of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador<\/a> and has promised to continue Lopez Obrador\u2019s policies, such as a universal pension for the elderly. The sitting president has remained popular in the country, especially among the poor, but the country\u2019s constitution disabled him from running for president again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have demonstrated that Mexico is a democratic country with peaceful elections,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The election was believed to be the largest in the country\u2019s history, with nearly 100 million citizens voting in more than 20,000 congressional and local positions available. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/right-side-broadcasting-network-will-be-live-streaming-todays-events-link-and-video-here\/\" title=\"Right Side Broadcasting Network Will Be Live Streaming Today\u2019s Events \u2013 Link and Video Here\">historic day<\/a> was tainted by violence, with <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/latest-mexico-votes-historic-elections-marred-cartel-violence-110752222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> kidnappings, attacks, and disruptions in polling efforts.<\/p>\n<p>And in the three-month official campaign season, more than 20 candidates were killed, and hundreds more sought state protection, particularly those running for state and local positions. Mexico has long dealt with gang violence, and the issue was a major campaigning point for Sheinbaum and Galvez.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum shows her ink-stained thumb after voting during general elections in Mexico City, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo\/Marco Ugarte)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The results of Sunday\u2019s election are sure to affect the United States as Mexico is one of its neighbors, and the crisis at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-defend-democratic-colleague-after-a-russian-politician-urged-his-kidnapping-on-live-tv\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Defend Democratic Colleague After A Russian Politician Urged His Kidnapping On Live TV\">countries\u2019 shared border<\/a> has been a major point of contention for years. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum will have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3020647\/mexican-election-could-upend-bidens-border-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>legal authority<\/a> to undo an April agreement that Lopez Obrador entered into with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, according to the Wilson Center, a nonpartisan global affairs think tank in Washington, D.C.\u00a0The White House touted the agreement this week as having had a positive effect in reducing illegal immigrant arrests at the U.S. southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Sheinbaum has supported Lopez Obrador\u2019s \u201chugs, not bullets\u201d security approach, prioritizing social programs over law enforcement. Her winning the election is a bolster to his political legacy; how she fares during her time in office will help decide her own.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claudia Sheinbaum secured victory in Mexico&#8217;s presidential election, marking a historic milestone as the nation&#8217;s first female president. Garnering between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, Sheinbaum&#8217;s triumph ensures six more years of left-leaning Morena Party governance. The Associated Press officially declared her win just after 4 a.m. EST. 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