Economics
Independent Candidate Zavala Quits Mexico’s President Race
- Former first lady trailed major party candidates in polls
- Resignation may potentially hurt front-runner Lopez Obrador
Margarita Zavala
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Mexican independent presidential candidate Margarita Zavala is quitting the race ahead of the nation’s July 1 vote, a move that potentially boosts the chances for the major-party rivals to leftist front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Zavala announced her decision on Wednesday in an interview recorded with broadcaster Televisa and posted on the Twitter account of Foro TV. Zavala, a former first lady, left the National Action Party over a dispute with Ricardo Anaya, who became the party’s candidate and is running second, almost twenty points behind Lopez Obrador, based on Bloomberg’s poll tracker.