PRI Protests Jalisco Gubernatorial Vote
From Times Wire Reports
Jalisco state declared the candidate of President-elect Vicente Fox’s National Action Party, or PAN, a narrow winner in the governor’s race, prompting a protest by Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. According to final results, PAN candidate Francisco Ramirez beat the PRI’s Jorge Arana by 53,641 votes out of 2.1 million cast. Legal challenges, based on allegations that some ballots were lost or miscounted, will go to the courts.
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