All nine seats on Mexico’s Supreme Court were taken by people with links to the ruling party. A new disciplinary tribunal which is empowered to punish judges will probably have a similar hue. The electoral tribunal looks like it will tilt the same way.

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Judges aligned with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's ruling Morena political party are expected to dominate the country's Supreme Court after a vote that critics feared would weaken checks and balances on the executive branch's power.

Hugo Aguilar campaigned for Mexico's Supreme Court with the simple message that he would finally give Indigenous Mexicans a voice at one of the highest levels of government.

Mexico’s ruling party Morena will gain control of the Supreme Court following the country’s first-ever judicial elections, which were marred by low voter turnout and allegations of a power grab.

Only 13% of voters turned out to vote over the weekend, amid concerns that the unprecedented national election of thousands of judges was designed to favor the governing Morena party.

Dow shares her feeling that the priorities of progressive Democrats in control of the Legislature don’t align with the values of most New Mexicans.

The contentious election of new Supreme Court judges in Mexico has unleashed a fresh controversy, this time over their attire.

Judicial candidates closely linked to Mexico’s ruling party have swept every position on the nation's newly transformed Supreme Court, according to final results released Wednesday from the controversial judicial vote.

Sunday’s election will decide 881 federal judicial positions nationwide, including the nine seats on Mexico’s reconstituted Supreme Court. In addition, Baja California is among 19 of 32 states holding local elections, with nearly 200 judicial positions up for grabs in the state.

Sonya Smith made history in 2020 as the first African American to lead the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services. She could do it again as the first African American to serve as New Mexico's secretary of state.

Mexico is scheduled to hold its first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, with hundreds of judges, magistrates and justices on the ballot across the country.

Sheinbaum heavily promoted the elections leading up to the vote, calling them an example of a strong democracy, in which judges and magistrates could answer to the people.