Mexico elects projected winner Claudia Sheinbaum as first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena Party makes history as the first woman elected president of Mexico. The former Mexico City and environmental scientist is also the first president of Jewish heritage.

Claudia Sheinbaum has made history as the first woman elected president of Mexico, according to projections from the nation's official quick count.

Sheinbaum obtained between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a statistical sample used to conduct the quick count. It was announced early Monday by Guadalupe Taddei Zavala of Mexico's National Electoral Institute. Taddei Zavala said the tally is 95% reliable.

Sheinbaum addressed supporters, saying, "For the first time in 200 years of our republic, I will become the first woman president ... but as I've said in other occasions, I don’t make it alone. We’ve all made it, with our heroines who gave us our homeland, with our mothers, our daughters and our granddaughters.”

Sheinbaum said she would support the freedom of free expression and protest and build a “diverse and democratic” Mexico, and assured she would respect industries and the free market while respecting the environment and "nations' self-determination."

Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hailed Sheinbaum's historic win in a video released early Monday. "I congratulate Claudia Sheinbaum, who came out as the victor, with a wide margin. It will be the first female president of Mexico in 200 years," he said.

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