Claudia Sheinbaum to Become First Woman President After Mexico’s Bloodiest Ever Election

Claudia Sheinbaum secured a landslide victory and will become the first female president of Mexico, according to official projections Monday.

The 61-year-old climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City took at least 58.3 percent of the vote, according to early results, a lead of almost 30 points over her main competitor, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez. Sheinbaum, a leftist, will also become the first person with Jewish heritage to lead the predominantly Catholic country when she takes over from her mentor and Mexico’s incumbent President Andres Manuel López Obrador in October.

Mexico’s ruling coalition was also on course to potentially seal a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of Congress which would allow it to pass constitutional reforms without requiring the support of the opposition.

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