Big gains in Congress, governorships for Lopez Obrador's party
by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Jul 03, 2018
3 minutes
MEXICO CITY - The major preoccupation a day after leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was elected president of Mexico was not politics. It was the Mexican national soccer's team elimination from the World Cup.
Unlike the national team, which lost to Brazil, Lopez Obrador appears to have a clear path forward. His National Regeneration Movement, known as Morena, was on track to win solid majorities in both houses of Congress.
In the lower Chamber of Deputies, candidates of Morena or allied
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