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Article: CANDIDATES BEGIN CAMPAIGNS FOR MEXICO CITY MAYORAL ELECTION, WITH MAJOR DIVISIONS EVIDENT IN CENTER-LEFT PRD.
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- SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
- Article date:
- August 3, 2005
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While most eyes are on Mexico's presidential election in 2006, the race to succeed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as mayor of Mexico City is shaping up to be a very intense and combative contest, particularly within the center-left Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD). The Mexico City mayoral election will be held on July 2, the same day as the presidential contest.
All three major parties are scheduled to hold primaries to select a candidate before the end of this year, but little controversy is expected within the former governing Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and the center-right Partido Accion Nacional (PAN). The situation is much different ...