Marcos Alberto Covarrubias Villaseñor (born July 2, 1967) is a Mexican

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking ...

. He has been the

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of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur since April 5, 2012. Covarrubias Villaseñor was a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico before being elected governor in 2011. He was elected to the chamber through the support of the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, es, Partido de la Revolución Democrática, ) is a social democratic political party in Mexico. The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 1986 from the Institut ...

(PRD). Covarrubias Villaseñor ran for governor of Baja California Sur in the 2011 gubernatorial election, which was held on February 6, 2011. He was nominated by the National Action Party (PAN). The PRD had held the state's governorship since 1999 at the time. He won the election with more than 40% of the vote. The

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the Nati ...

(PRI) candidate,

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, was second with 33.52% and the PRD's incumbent candidate, Luis Armando Díaz, was third with approximately 20% of the vote. Covarrubias Villaseñor was sworn into office on April 5, 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Covarrubias Villasenor, Marcos 1967 births Governors of Baja California Sur Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Politicians from Guadalajara, Jalisco Living people 21st-century Mexican politicians Universidad del Valle de Atemajac alumni Municipal presidents in Baja California Sur Deputies of the LXI Legislature of Mexico