Gubernatorial elections were held in fourteen Mexican states on Sunday, July 4, 2010.[1] [1] Aguascalientes , Chiapas , Chihuahua , Durango , Hidalgo , Oaxaca , Puebla , Quintana Roo , Sinaloa , Tamaulipas , Tlaxcala , Veracruz and Zacatecas .
A multi-party alliance between President Felipe Calderón 's National Action Party (PAN) and left-wing parties won elections in Oaxaca, Puebla and Sinaloa.[1] [2]
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), led by Beatriz Paredes , captured Aguascalientes and Tlaxcala from PAN and also picked up the governor's mansion in Zacatecas from the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).[1]
State Gubernatorial elections
Aguascalientes
Main article: 2010 Aguascalientes gubernatorial election
The results indicated an Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) pick-up from the National Action Party (PAN).[1]
Baja California
Main article: 2010 Baja California gubernatorial election
Chiapas
Main article: 2010 Chiapas gubernatorial election
Chihuahua
Main article: 2010 Chihuahua gubernatorial election
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Chihuahua.[1]
Durango
Main article: 2010 Durango gubernatorial election
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Durango.[1]
Hidalgo
Main article: 2010 Hidalgo gubernatorial election
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo.[1]
Oaxaca
Main article: 2010 Oaxaca gubernatorial election
The incumbent government of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz was seen as increasingly repressive and corrupt by voters and political observers.[1] crackdown on left-wing protesters in the city of Oaxaca in 2006,[1] paramilitary groups[1] [3]
On the day of the election, Oaxacan police arrested 39 people for possessing bomb making materials in two hotels.[1]
A party alliance between the state's largest vote winner, the Peace and Progress Coalition led by Gabino Cue , ousted the PRI from power.[1]
Puebla
Main article: 2010 Puebla gubernatorial election
An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and smaller parties won Puebla from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] [1]
Quintana Roo
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Hidalgo.[1] Cancún had been arrested during the campaign for alleged connections to drug traffickers.
Sinaloa
Main article: 2010 Sinaloa gubernatorial election
An alliance between the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PDR) and smaller parties appear to have won Sinaloa from the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] [1]
Tamaulipas
Main article: 2010 Tamaulipas gubernatorial election
The gubernatorial election in Tamaulipas was marred by the violent assassination of the leading PRI candidate, Rodolfo Torre Cantú , and four members of his campaign on June 28, 2010.[1]
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Tamaulipas.[1]
Tlaxcala
Main article: 2010 Tlaxcala gubernatorial election
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Tlaxcala from the National Action Party (PAN).[1] [1]
Veracruz
Main article: 2010 Veracruz gubernatorial election
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) held Veracruz .[1]
Zacatecas
Main article: 2010 Zacatecas gubernatorial election
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won Zacatecas from the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). PRI pick-up.[1]
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