Mexico Elects its First Woman President

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Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: On June 2, 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish environmental engineer and the former mayor of Mexico City, was elected as the first woman president of Mexico representing current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s left-wing Morena party and the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition. She defeated her main opponent, who was also a woman, Xóchitl Gálvez, by 30% of the vote. This was the largest election in Mexico’s history, with more than 98 million citizens registered to vote. Nearly 20,000 elected positions were contested, including the presidency, both chambers of Congress, and thousands of local seats. Morena and its coalition partners made significant gains, though it was a very violent election, with more than thirty politicians killed. Hailed by many observers as a milestone for women, the election’s outcome also generated serious concerns about what the rise of a more powerful Morena party means for Mexican democracy.

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