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Voting is underway in Mexico [1]

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Date: 2024-06-02  

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The presidential contest is a three-way race. Claudia Sheinbaum was the clear front-runner heading into election day, according to polls, with Xóchitl Gálvez running a distant second and Jorge Álvarez Máynez in third.

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MEXICO CITY, June 2 - Mexican voters endured long waits on Sunday to cast ballots in a historic election expected to make leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party candidate, the country's first woman president.

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They were choosing between two women, a former academic who promises to continue outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s populist policies and an ex-senator and tech entrepreneur who pledges to up the fight against deadly drug cartels. A third, male candidate from a smaller party had focused his attention on the youth vote.

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