Mexico Elects Claudia Sheinbaum As First Female President

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as the first female president of Mexico, according to official projections. Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, secured between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, as announced by Guadalupe Taddei Zavala of Mexico's National Electoral Institute on Monday (June 3).

Sheinbaum's victory marks a significant milestone in the country's 200-year history, long characterized by its macho culture. The election, the largest in Mexico's history, saw over 98 million voters registered to cast their ballots.

"For the first time in 200 years of our republic, I will become the first woman president...but as I've said in other occasions, I don't make it alone. We've all made it, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters," Sheinbaum addressed her supporters.

The president-elect campaigned on continuing the political course set over the last six years by her political mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Despite facing a spirited challenge from opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez, Sheinbaum led the campaign from start to finish.

The election results are expected to face legal challenges, but Sheinbaum's victory is seen as irreversible. Her term as president will commence in the coming months.