The long-dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, has never lost the governor’s seat in Mexico state since the party’s founding in 1929 after the tumult of the revolutionary era. But “Amlo,” as he is known, after his initials, has been a prominent and contentious figure in the Mexico state campaign. Lopez Obrador heads the left-wing National Regeneration Movement, known as Morena. The PRI-led central government has denied opposition allegations of improper use of public personnel and funds in the Mexico state electoral campaign. The PRI enters Sunday’s balloting already on its back foot in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, which boasts Mexico’s third-largest bloc of voters, after Mexico state and Mexico City.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 03, 2017 23:33 UTC