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Durango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
held an election on Sunday, July 4, 2004.
At stake was the office of the Durango State Governor, all 25 members of the unicameral Durango State Congress, and 39 mayors and municipal councils.
Turnout was 49.7% of the 977,699 ''duranguenses'' eligible to vote.
Governor
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was
Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier
Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (18 August 1935 – 10 January 2021)Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, ; abbr. PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the Nati ...
(PRI). No party other than the PRI has ever governed Durango.
With 90% of the results counted,
Ismael Hernández
Ismael Alfredo Hernández Deras (born Victoria de Durango, February 20, 1964) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as Governor of the State of Durango from September 15, 2004 to Sept ...
of the PRI was set for victory with around 52% of the votes cast. Andrés Galván of the PAN was in second place with about 30%.
The new governor of Durango was sworn in on 15 September 2004.
On the same day
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2004 Chihuahua state election
The Mexican state 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 ...
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2004 Zacatecas state election
The Mexican state of Zacatecas held an election on Sunday, 4 July 2004.
At stake was the office of the Zacatecas State Governor, all 30 members of the unicameral Zacatecas State Congress, and 57 mayors and municipal councils.
Turnout was in exce ...
See also
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Politics of Mexico
The politics of Mexico take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, an ...
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List of political parties in Mexico
This article lists political parties in Mexico.
Mexico has a multi-party system, which means that there are more than two dominant political parties.
Nationally, the three main political parties are the , the , and the . Other political parties ...
External links
Durango State Electoral Institute
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2004 elections in Mexico
Durango elections
July 2004 events in Mexico