Mexican general elections, 2018

General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018. Voters elected the President of the nation to serve a 6 year term, 128 Senate members to serve 6 year terms as well, and 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for 6 years. A large amount of state governor and state congress elections were also held.

This election lead to the start of the Mexican Civil War, which in turn would lead to the Second American Civil War and multiple violent and proxy conflicts involving Xenomorphs, making it one of the most consequential elections inside Mexico and the whole Earth.

## Candidates

### **Joseph Meade Granados**

Meade Granados joined the PRI party in 1998 and became mayor of Tijuana. He later secured the governor elections in 2001, representing a coalition formed by PRI, PVEM, and PT. His governorship had an abnormal expansion in the pharmaceutical industry, and he was involved in a scandal involving the sale drug Vitamin C.

Meade Granados' campaign was abnormal. He was oddly capable of uniting 3 major parties under one coalition, which multiple reporters say is the cause of extreme bribing and even extreme threats.

Meade Granados would win the election with 41.3% of the vote representing the largest coalition in Mexican political history (PES, PAN, PDM, PRI, PVEM, PANAL). 1 year into his presidency, he would be revealed to be a Xenomorph called Xal'y Tssa'on Yyu, igniting the start of the Mexican Civil War.

### Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón

The incumbent secretary of foreign affairs, Marcelo Ebrard, was chosen by the PRD as its candidate. Ebrard formed a coalition with 2 other left-wing parties, PT and MC.

For practically the whole election cycle, various political analysts and pollsters predicted that Ebrard would win the election. Incumbent president Andrés Manuel López Obrador's high popularity benefited Ebrard, as AMLO had endorsed Ebrard 1 week after he announced his candidacy.

Regardless of this, Ebrard lost the election by a very short margin. He showed interest in the Mexican special elections, 2020 but he was put in jail by the Tssa'on (Meade Granados) regime and later on murdered.

### Verónica Salazar Vásquez

Salazar, from the recently founded Partido Humanista, received 10% of the vote. Many political analysts have concluded that Salazar's campaign may have paved the way for Tssa'on's victory, as she split the left-wing vote, allowing the Xenomorph governor's victory.

Salazar would later become the main leader in the anti-Tssa'on front during the Mexican Civil War, and she would be elected as president in the 2024 elections.

### Jaime Rodríguez Calderón 'El Bronco'

Rodríguez, the governor of Nuevo León was another candidate. He was the first independent candidate in Mexican history. His campaign received little attention from the media and he would frequently appear low in the polls, making his performance in the election a surprise. Multiple journalists questioned his legitimacy as independent candidate due to his close relationship with Joseph Meade Granados and his former membership in PRI.

He would later be revealed to be a Xenomorph a few months after the first big reveal by the Xenomorph Conspiracy Group.