Reinvigorating the stagnant left-wing in Jalisco, Tlajomulco Mayor Enrique Alfaro Ramirez has been chosen to lead a three-party coalition in the gubernatorial election on July 1.
Alfaro outperformed his main rival, Raul Vargas Lopez, in two public surveys to determine who should represent a coalition of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Labor Party (PT) and the Citizen’s Movement (formerly known as Convergencia).
Full results of the surveys conducted in late January will remain secret out of respect for the loser, Vargas, a state congressman and well-known doctor. The two companies behind the polls were the same used last year to determine the presidential candidate for the leftist alliance. Each survey consisted of five questions, with Alfaro scoring better in all of them.
“Today begins the process of building a new political history in our state,” declared Alfaro, upon winning the nomination last week. He also vowed to bring the state “out of mediocrity” should he become governor.
“Enrique Alfaro is a great candidate,” said Dolores Padierna, secretary general of the PRD. “This is the first time in the political history of the party that it has the conditions for success in Jalisco.”
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