A recap of Mexico's 2024 presidential election. Claudia Sheinbaum, a scientist by training, won with 59.7% of the vote, according to official results from the National Electoral Institute. That was more than 30 percentage points ahead of her main opposition rival Xochitl Galvez, and some 50 percentage points ahead of the only man running, centrist Jorge Alvarez Maynez. A RECAP OF MEXICO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION