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rodrigo medina de la cruz galeana , nuevo leon , mexico political party independent ; previously affiliated with the institutional revolutionary governor of nuevo león 28 december 1957 governor-elect jaime rodriguez calderon.jpg jaime rodríguez calderón
 jaime heliodoro rodríguez calderón
jaime rodríguez calderón

jaime heliodoro rodríguez calderón -lrb- born 28 december 1957 in galeana , nuevo león -rrb- , sometimes referred to by his nickname el bronco , is the governor-elect of the northern state of nuevo león .
he is the first independent candidate to have won a governorship in mexico .
he served as mayor of garcía , nuevo león -lrb- 2009 -- 2012 -rrb- as a member of the institutional revolutionary party -lrb- pri -rrb- and was best known for his hard-line stance against organized crime .
rodríguez won the 2015 race for governor of nuevo león as an independent candidate on june 7 , 2015 , winning half the vote for the election compared to his traditional party competitors , who split the remainder of the votes .
he will serve as governor until 2021 .
