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===Loss of the presidency of Mexico=== |
===Loss of the presidency of Mexico=== |
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{{see also|2000 Mexican general election}} |
{{see also|2000 Mexican general election}} |
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Prior to the 2000 general elections, the PRI held its first primaries to elect the party's presidential candidate. The primary candidates, nicknamed "los cuatro fantásticos" (Spanish for ''The Fantastic Four''), were:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/1999/11/04/internacional/04N0052.html |title=Los |
Prior to the 2000 general elections, the PRI held its first primaries to elect the party's presidential candidate. The primary candidates, nicknamed "los cuatro fantásticos" (Spanish for ''The Fantastic Four''), were:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/1999/11/04/internacional/04N0052.html |title=Los "cuatro fantásticos" del PRI, listos para las urnas |newspaper=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |language=es |date=4 November 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123034914/http://www.elmundo.es/1999/11/04/internacional/04N0052.html |archive-date=23 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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* [[Francisco Labastida Ochoa]] (former [[governor of Sinaloa]] and [[Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)|Secretary of the Interior]]) |
* [[Francisco Labastida Ochoa]] (former [[governor of Sinaloa]] and [[Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)|Secretary of the Interior]]) |
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* [[Roberto Madrazo Pintado]] (former [[governor of Tabasco]]) |
* [[Roberto Madrazo Pintado]] (former [[governor of Tabasco]]) |
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Montiel won the right to run against Madrazo for the candidacy but withdrew when it was made public that he and his French wife owned large properties in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/311548.html |title=Montiel deja vía libre a Madrazo |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |language=es |date=21 October 2005}}</ref> Madrazo and Everardo Moreno contended in the primaries which was won by the first.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-14-fg-briefs14.3-story.html |title=Madrazo Set to Win PRI Presidential Primary |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 November 2005}}</ref> Madrazo then represented the PRI and the [[Ecologist Green Party of Mexico]] (PVEM) in the [[Alliance for Mexico]] coalition. |
Montiel won the right to run against Madrazo for the candidacy but withdrew when it was made public that he and his French wife owned large properties in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/311548.html |title=Montiel deja vía libre a Madrazo |newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] |language=es |date=21 October 2005}}</ref> Madrazo and Everardo Moreno contended in the primaries which was won by the first.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-14-fg-briefs14.3-story.html |title=Madrazo Set to Win PRI Presidential Primary |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 November 2005}}</ref> Madrazo then represented the PRI and the [[Ecologist Green Party of Mexico]] (PVEM) in the [[Alliance for Mexico]] coalition. |
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During his campaign Madrazo declared that the PRI and PRD were "first cousins"; to this Emilio Chuayffet Chemor responded that if that were the case then [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] (AMLO), candidate of the PRD, would also be a first cousin and he might win the election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/15/index.php?section=politica&article=010n1pol |title=AMLO, |
During his campaign Madrazo declared that the PRI and PRD were "first cousins"; to this Emilio Chuayffet Chemor responded that if that were the case then [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] (AMLO), candidate of the PRD, would also be a first cousin and he might win the election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/15/index.php?section=politica&article=010n1pol |title=AMLO, "primo hermano": Chuayffet |newspaper=La Jornada |language=es |date=15 March 2006}}</ref> |
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AMLO was by then the favorite in the polls, with many followers within the PRI. Madrazo, second at the polls, then released TV spots against AMLO with little success; his campaign was managed again by Alazraki. [[Felipe Calderón]] of the ruling PAN ran a more successful campaign, later surpassing Madrazo as the second favorite. Gordillo, also the teachers' union leader, resentful against Madrazo, helped a group of teachers constitute the [[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|New Alliance Party]]. Divisions within the party and a successful campaign of the PAN candidate caused Madrazo to fall to third place. The winner, as announced by the [[Federal Electoral Institute]] and evaluated by the Mexican Election Tribunal amidst a controversy, was Calderón. On 20 November that year, a group of young PRI politicians launched a movement that was set to reform and revolutionize the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmovimiento.org |title=El Movimiento |website=elmovimiento.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012033008/http://www.elmovimiento.org/ |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=24 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The PRI candidate failed to win a single state in the 2006 presidential election. |
AMLO was by then the favorite in the polls, with many followers within the PRI. Madrazo, second at the polls, then released TV spots against AMLO with little success; his campaign was managed again by Alazraki. [[Felipe Calderón]] of the ruling PAN ran a more successful campaign, later surpassing Madrazo as the second favorite. Gordillo, also the teachers' union leader, resentful against Madrazo, helped a group of teachers constitute the [[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|New Alliance Party]]. Divisions within the party and a successful campaign of the PAN candidate caused Madrazo to fall to third place. The winner, as announced by the [[Federal Electoral Institute]] and evaluated by the Mexican Election Tribunal amidst a controversy, was Calderón. On 20 November that year, a group of young PRI politicians launched a movement that was set to reform and revolutionize the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elmovimiento.org |title=El Movimiento |website=elmovimiento.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012033008/http://www.elmovimiento.org/ |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=24 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The PRI candidate failed to win a single state in the 2006 presidential election. |