Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico's first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win Mexico’s presidential election and become its first female president in history.

“I will become the first woman president of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said at a downtown Mexico City hotel shortly after electoral authorities announced a statistical sample showed she held an irreversible lead, according to the Associated Press.

Presidential candidate of the ruling MORENA party Claudia Sheinbaum holds a campaign rally in Mexico City, Mexico May 22, 2024.  (Reuters/Raquel Cunha/File Photo)

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.