A local election was held in the

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Tabasco Tabasco (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tabasco), is one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It is located in ...

on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new

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to serve for a six-year term. * 17 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term. *Local deputies to serve for a three-year term in the

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Gubernatorial Election

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César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta César Raúl Ojeda Zubieta (born Villahermosa, Tabasco, July 20, 1952) is a Mexican politician, member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, previously member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party; is for third consecutive occasion, candid ...

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(CD) , , , - NOTE: Although CD participated in the election the party decided to have no candidate for Governor of Tabasco while the PASDC decided, at the end of the campaign, to support the PRD-PT candidate.

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