Va por México (VXM; or figuratively 'It’s for Mexico') was a Mexican

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formed by the National Action Party (PAN), the

Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...

(PRI), and the

Party of the Democratic Revolution The Party of the Democratic Revolution (, , PRD) is a state-level social democracy, social democratic political party in Mexico (previously national, until 2024). The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction formed in 198 ...

(PRD) to compete in the 2021 Mexican legislative election. The coalition competed in 219

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, of which 77 corresponded to candidates of the PRI, 72 to candidates of the PAN, and 70 to candidates of the PRD.

History

The coalition arose in opposition to MORENA, its

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Juntos Hacemos Historia Juntos Hacemos Historia () was a Mexican electoral alliance formed by the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), the Labor Party (Mexico), Labor Party (PT), and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) to compete in the 2021 Mexican legislativ ...

'', and the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Marko Cortés, National President of the PAN, assured that, although there was debate over the coalition within the party, the critical situation in the country, where "institutions and the democratic system are threatened", was put at the forefront of the decision to participate. He also stressed a modernization agenda and the objective "to defend what we have achieved over many years". The coalition fielded candidates in 219 of the 300 federal electoral districts, covering all the districts of 18 states and some districts of five others. Of these, 77 belonged to the PRI, 72 to the PAN, and 70 to the PRD. On September 7, 2022, after the

(PRI) announced negotiations with MORENA over a security bill, the National Action Party (PAN) and the

(PRD) announced a "temporary suspension" of the alliance. However, the political parties declared on January 12, 2023, that they had reestablished their alliance and would now compete in several gubernatorial and presidential elections in 2024.

State elections

The coalition also competed in the 2021 state elections, in which the governors of 15 states were elected. In each state, the coalition is made up of different parties, incorporating in some cases state political parties.

References

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