The
Mexican
Mexican may refer to:
Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
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
Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...
held an election on Sunday, 1 August 2004.
At stake was the office of the Oaxaca State Governor, the unicameral Oaxaca State Congress, and 570 mayors and municipal councils.
Governor
At the time of the election, the sitting governor was
José Murat Casab
José Murat Casab (; born October 18, 1947) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of Oaxaca and is a Diputado Federal elected from the ranks of Alliance for Mexico of Institutional Revol ...
of the
Institutional Revolutionary Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...
(PRI).
Source
IEEO
On the same day
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2004 Aguascalientes state election
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2004 Baja California state election
See also
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Politics of Mexico
The politics of Mexico function within the framework of a federation, federal presidential system, presidential representative democracy, representative democratic republic whose government is based on a multi-party congressional system, wher ...
*
List of political parties in Mexico
This article lists political parties in Mexico.
Mexico has a multi-party system, with six nationally registered political parties and number of others that operate locally in one or more states.
National parties
Mexico has six nationally reco ...
External links
Oaxaca State Electoral Institute
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2004 elections in Mexico
Oaxaca elections
July 2004 in Mexico