First woman elected Mexico City mayor – exit polls
Mexico City, Mexico – Mexico City has elected a woman mayor for the first time in history, local politician and scientist Claudia Sheinbaum, exit polls indicated.
Sheinbaum, 56, won the election to lead North America’s largest city with between 47.5 and 55.5 percent of the vote, according to an estimate by polling firm Mitofsky.
A woman had previously served as mayor of the capital on an interim basis – Rosario Robles, from 1999 to 2000 – but Sheinbaum, who holds a doctorate in physics, is the first woman elected to the post. /kga
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