Santiago González Soto (born 25 June 1961) is a Mexican journalist, lawyer and politician. A member of the Labour Party (PT), he has been elected twice to the

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Biography

González Soto was born in

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, San Luis Potosí, in 1961. He holds bachelor's degrees in communication science (1985) and law (2014) and a master's in communication science (2006). As a journalist he has worked extensively in the state of

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, including periods spent with Televisión de Nuevo León, '' Diario de Monterrey'',

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, Televisa Monterrey and Radio Nuevo León. As a member of the PT, he was elected to the

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for the 2000–2003 legislative session. In the 2003 state election, he contended for the governorship of Nuevo León on the PT ticket but came in a distant third place with 4.99% of the vote. In the 2018 general election he stood for an alliance of the PT, the

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(Morena) and the

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(PES) in Nuevo León's 5th congressional district (

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); he won with 32.5% of the votes cast and represented the district during the 64th Congress. He fought for re-election in the 2021 mid-terms but lost to

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of the

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(PRI). He was successful on his second bid for re-election, in the

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, and was duly elected to represent the district in the 66th Congress.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez Soto, Santiago 1952 births Living people Politicians from San Luis Potosí Deputies of the LXIV Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LXVI Legislature of Mexico Labor Party (Mexico) politicians Members of the Congress of Nuevo León