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Mexico’s “Other” Huge Election Is Heating Up

By Emilie Sweigart

Running Mexico City is “like being a head of state,” and the race to be the capital’s next mayor may provide a revealing window into the opposition’s future.

The election to succeed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2024 is already receiving blanket media coverage in Mexico and beyond. But another contest, for Mexico City’s mayor, is also grabbing headlines, as early signs suggest it could lead to a nationally relevant shift in control of the megacity of 9 million. The position of Mexico City mayor “has always been historically the second-most important political position in the country,” Eugene Zapata Garesché, global director for strategic partnerships and head of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Resilient Cities...

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