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Lopez Obrador’s Party Trails in Governor’s Vote

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From Times Wire Reports

Mexico’s main leftist party was expected to lose a governorship race seen as a key test of political survival for fiery presidential runner-up Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, exit polls showed.

The gubernatorial election in Tabasco, Lopez Obrador’s home state, was marred by shootings, street fights and arrests of supporters of both candidates.

Two exit polls showed Andres Rafael Granier of the Institutional Revolutionary Party led Cesar Raul Ojeda of Lopez Obrador’s Democratic Revolution Party by a large margin.

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