PRI Nears Majority in Lower House
Three years after a stinging defeat in the presidential election, Mexico’s former ruling party inched closer to a majority in Mexico’s lower house of Congress, a sign that it will be even harder for President Vicente Fox to accomplish his goals before he leaves office in 2006.
According to a high-ranking federal electoral official, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, won 224 seats in the House of Deputies -- 27 spots short of a majority. It could put together a majority by aligning with smaller parties.
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