Baja California state election, 2007

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A local election will be held in the Mexican State of Baja California on Sunday, August 5, 2007.

The ruling party (National Action Party) had attempted to move the date to June among as part of an electoral reform, but the Supreme Court determined that such reforms were "a serious violatio to the legislative process" since the reforms were approed with "no previous discussion and analysis"^[1]. Also, the local council members belonging to the PAN voted against granting permission to Jorge Hank from leaving his post as municipal president and accepting a nomination as candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party the same day the State Electoral Institute rejected the PAN's petition to form an electoral alliance.^[2]. The Party of the Democratic Revolution did not reach an agreement to form an alliance with the Labor Party and Convergence^[3]

Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:

A new Governor of Baja California to serve for a six-year term.
5 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for a three-year term.
25 local deputies (16 by the first-past-the-post system and 9 by proportional representation) to serve for a three-year term in the Congress of Baja California.

1 Gobernatorial Election
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Gobernatorial Election

Ten political parties will participate in the 2007 Baja California State election.

	Party/Alliance	Candidate
	PAN	No candidate yet
	Alianza para que Vivas Mejor (PRI, PVEM, PEBC)	Jorge Hank^[4]
	PRD	No candidate yet
	PASDC	Carmen García Montaño
	Alianza Convergencia-PT PT - Convergencia	María Mercedes Maciel Ortíz