Gubernatorial elections were held in fourteen Mexican states on Sunday, July 4, 2010. The gubernatorial elections were held simultaneously with other state and local elections. Elections for governor were held in Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango,

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, Puebla,

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, Sinaloa,

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and

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. A multi-party alliance between President

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's National Action Party (PAN) and left-wing parties won elections in Oaxaca, Puebla and Sinaloa. 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), led by Beatriz Paredes, captured Aguascalientes and

from PAN and also picked up the governor's mansion in

from the

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(PRD).

State Gubernatorial elections

Aguascalientes

The results indicated an

(PRI) pick-up from the National Action Party (PAN).

Baja California

Chiapas

Chihuahua

The

(PRI) held Chihuahua.

Durango

The

(PRI) held Durango.

Hidalgo

The

(PRI) held Hidalgo.

Oaxaca

The incumbent government of

(PRI) Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was seen as increasingly repressive and corrupt by voters and political observers. Ruiz oversaw the crackdown on left-wing protesters in the city of

in 2006, leading to at least seventeen deaths. Ruiz was also believed to be linked to Oaxacan paramilitary groups which are responsible to violence and deaths in rural areas of Oaxaca. On the day of the election, Oaxacan police arrested 39 people for possessing bomb making materials in two hotels. A party alliance between the state's largest vote winner, the Peace and Progress Coalition led by Gabino Cue, ousted the PRI from power.

Puebla

An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the

(PRD) and smaller parties won Puebla from the

(PRI). PAN-PRD pick-up.

Quintana Roo

The

(PRI) held Hidalgo. The mayor of

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had been arrested during the campaign for alleged connections to drug traffickers.

Sinaloa

An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the

(PDR) and smaller parties appear to have won Sinaloa from the incumbent

(PRI). PAN-PDR pick-up.

Tamaulipas

The gubernatorial election in

was marred by the violent assassination of the leading PRI candidate, Rodolfo Torre Cantú, and four members of his campaign on June 28, 2010. His brother, Egidio, became the PRI candidate following the assassination. The

(PRI) held Tamaulipas.

Tlaxcala

The

(PRI) won Tlaxcala from the National Action Party (PAN). PRI pick-up.

Veracruz

The

(PRI) held

Zacatecas

The

(PRI) won

from the left-wing

(PRD). PRI pick-up.

References

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External links

BBC News: Drug gang violence casts shadow over Mexico elections
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