José Ramón Gómez Leal (born 7 July 1977) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the

National Regeneration Movement The National Regeneration Movement (), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the la ...

party. He was a local deputy of the Congress of Tamaulipas from 2010 to 2013 for the National Action Party. As well as Delegate of Development Programs in the state of

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from 2018 to 2021. In 2023 he was elected as Senator of the Republic for the LXV Legislature of the

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Early years

José Ramón Gómez Leal was born in

Reynosa Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico which also holds the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality. The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAlle ...

, on July 7, 1977. He studied high school at the

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and graduated from Saint Mary's University in

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Political career

From 2008 to 2010 he was councilor of the municipality of

for the National Action Party, during the municipal presidency of Oscar Luebbert Gutiérrez. In the 2010 state elections, he was elected deputy for proportional representation of the Congress of Tamaulipas, representing the National Action Party. He held the seat in the LXI Legislature from January 1, 2011, to September 30, 2013. In Congress, he was president of the communications and transportation commission, and secretary of the education commission. In 2013 José Ramón Gómez Leal requested the candidacy of his party for the Reynosa city council. The party's internal election determined that the nomination would go to Jesús María Moreno Ibarra. However, Gómez Leal contested the process and after a recount of the votes he was granted the candidacy of the National Action Party for the 2013 elections. In the elections held on July 7, José Ramón Gómez Leal came in second place, with 31% of the votes in his favor, being surpassed by the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, José Elías Leal. In 2018, he joined the

party and was appointed Delegate of Development Programs in the State of Tamaulipas. In September 2021, he announced his resignation from office to seek his party's candidacy for governor of Tamaulipas in the 2022 elections. In December 2022, he was nominated as senator for the state of Tamaulipas by

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coalition, made up of the

party and the Labor Party. The extraordinary election of February 2023 was held after a seat was left vacant in the

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following the resignation of Américo Villarreal Anaya to serve as governor of Tamaulipas and the death of his deputy, Faustino López Vargas in October 2022 in a car accident. In the elections Gómez Leal was elected senator of the republic with about 71% of the votes in his favor, although the elections also had an abstention rate close to 80%. Gómez Leal won re-election as one of Tamaulipas's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the second place on the

's two-name formula.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez Leal, Jose Ramon Living people 1977 births National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Morena (political party) politicians Senators of the LXIV and LXV Legislatures of Mexico Members of the Congress of Tamaulipas Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education alumni St. Mary's University, Texas alumni Politicians from Tamaulipas People from Reynosa