In a stunning repudiation of the Tamaulipas Gov. Egidio Torre Cantú's controlling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Matamros and Nuevo Laredo voters handed victories to their Partido Accion Nacional (PAN) opponents in these, the two major custom houses and ports of entry in the state.
A mere 45 percent of the voters turned out in Matamoros despite an election blitz that saw Tamaulipas cities coated with political propaganda.
In accordance with the preliminary results released by the state's electoral institute, with 86 percent of the 4,382 voting precincts counted, the PAN's Leticia Salazar was leading with approximately 80,000 against 60, 200 for the PRI's candidate for Matamoros mayor Salvador Treviño Garza.
About 45 percent of the city's 381, 873 registered voters participated in the election.
The PAN's state elections director , José Alberto López Fonseca, said that his party's candidates won in eight of the most important Tamaulipas municipalities.
That means that the party will rule over 30 percent of the state's population in contrast to the 17 percent it ruled over before the election
The PAN's victories come in important cities like Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Alemán, Ciudad Mier, and Matamoros, and was leading in cities like Miquihuana, Mainero, Xicoténcatl and Antiguo Morelos.
And even though the PRI claimed victory in 35 of the state's 43 cities, the cities won by the PAN candidates catapulted its influence in the biggest cities along the U.S-Mexico border.
In Tamaulipas, 22 seats for state representatives, won in the majority by the PRI candidates.
Alfonso Sanchez, the outgoing PRI mayor of Matamoros, has been heavily criticized for him and his family allegedly living in neighboring Brownsville and holding office in Matamoros.
"I will live in Matamoros and govern in Matamoros," the victorious Salazar pointedly said after her victory.
The PAN's state elections director , José Alberto López Fonseca, said that his party's candidates won in eight of the most important Tamaulipas municipalities.
That means that the party will rule over 30 percent of the state's population in contrast to the 17 percent it ruled over before the election
The PAN's victories come in important cities like Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Alemán, Ciudad Mier, and Matamoros, and was leading in cities like Miquihuana, Mainero, Xicoténcatl and Antiguo Morelos.And even though the PRI claimed victory in 35 of the state's 43 cities, the cities won by the PAN candidates catapulted its influence in the biggest cities along the U.S-Mexico border.
In Tamaulipas, 22 seats for state representatives, won in the majority by the PRI candidates.
Alfonso Sanchez, the outgoing PRI mayor of Matamoros, has been heavily criticized for him and his family allegedly living in neighboring Brownsville and holding office in Matamoros.
"I will live in Matamoros and govern in Matamoros," the victorious Salazar pointedly said after her victory.
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