It's only one state, and less than 55% of eligible voters turned out, but the results in yesterday's closely watched governor's race in Michoacán state were still being counted this morning. With about 98% of the vote tallied, it appears that the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) candidate Fausto Vallejo Figueroa has narrowly defeated PAN (National Action Party) candidate, Luisa María Calderón Hinojosa. Vallejo Figueroa received 35.38% of the ballots cast, while Calderón Hinojosa, who is the sister of Mexican president Felipe Calderón, won 32.67%. The PRD (Democratic Revolution Party) candidate, Silvano Aureoles Conejo, was in third place with about 29%.
There were no reports of violence in yesterday's state elections for the Michoacán governor's office, as well as many mayoral posts throughout the state. The results will be closely dissected and analyzed for clues as to what may happen in next year's national elections. Mexico will select a new president, together with many federal and state office holders, in 2012.
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