The

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state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

of Chihuahua held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004. At stake was the office of the Chihuahua State Governor, all 33 members of the unicameral Chihuahua State Congress, and 67 mayors and municipal councils. Turnout was around 46% of the 2,254,234 ''chihuahuenses'' eligible to vote.

Governor

At the time of the election, the sitting governor was

Patricio Martínez García Patricio Martínez García (born March 17, 1948 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Martínez served as the governor of Chihuahua from 1998 until 2004. Martinez was bo ...

of the

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(PRI). At the close of voting, exit polls were indicating a victory for

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of a PRI-led alliance with a lead of ten percentage points. As the count progressed,

Javier Corral Jurado Javier Corral Jurado (born 2 August 1966) is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated with the National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN), who served as Governor of Chihuahua from 2016 to 2021. He has served in politics since th ...

of the PAN – representing an unusual alliance of his party and the left-leaning PRD – conceded the election at around 23h00 local time.

State congress

*22

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deputies: **17 for "Alianza con la Gente" ( PRI,

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, PT) **5 for "Todos Somos Chihuahua" ( PAN, PRD, CD) *11

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deputies: **3 for "Alianza con la Gente" ( PRI,

, PT) **8 for "Todos Somos Chihuahua" ( PAN, PRD, CD)

Municipalities

Preliminary results indicated the state's 67

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would be divided as follows: *44: PRI (in alliance with PVEM and PT) *21: PAN (in alliance with PRD and CD) *1: PRD *1: PVEM (

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municipality) The PAN/PRD alliance won a closely fought mayoral race in state capital Chihuahua, previously governed by the PRI. In a give-and-take action between the state's two largest cities, borderland industrial and commercial powerhouse

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fell to the PRI after 12 years of PAN rule.

On the same day

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* 2004 Zacatecas state election

External links

Chihuahua State Electoral Institute
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chihuahua State Election, 2004 2004 elections in Mexico Chihuahua (state) elections July 2004 in Mexico

Governor

State congress

Municipalities

On the same day

See also

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