Sheinbaum Allies Narrowly Miss Supermajority in Mexico Congress
- Senate expected to be 4 seats short of two-thirds majority
- President only has to negotiate a few votes to pass reforms
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Mexican President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s coalition got very close to clinching a supermajority in congress, obtaining two-thirds of the seats in the lower house and nearly two-thirds in the senate.
Although that doesn’t immediately allow Sheinbaum to make changes to the constitution that have eluded Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, it leaves her in the position to negotiate with just a few senators to pass key reforms. The results are based on estimates by Bloomberg Economics.