Historic election: Mexico has elected its first female president, Historic election: Mexico has elected its first female president, with preliminary results showing Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and Mexico City’s former mayor, on track to win the country’s largest election in history. Sheinbaum will also be the country’s first Jewish leader, although she rarely speaks publicly about her personal background and has governed as a secular leftist. The climate scientist rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, outgoing leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and their Morena party.
