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Mexico leftist ahead in president race -new poll
Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:20am ET

MEXICO CITY, June 13 (Reuters) - Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador leads his conservative rival by three percentage points in Mexico's presidential race, according to the second poll on Tuesday putting the former Mexico City mayor in front.

The poll, conducted by the Consulta Mitofsky polling group and broadcast on the Televisa television channel, gave 35 percent to Lopez Obrador and 32 percent to Felipe Calderon.

Earlier on Tuesday, a poll in the Milenio newspaper gave 34.2 percent to Lopez Obrador and 31 percent to Calderon ahead of the July 2 election. Most other recent polls had put the pair in a tie.
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Lopez Obrador Widens Lead in Mexico Poll, Milenio Diario Says
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a former mayor of Mexico City, widened his lead in a voter opinion poll ahead of the July 2 election.

Lopez Obrador, the candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution, had the support of 34 percent of likely voters, unchanged from May, according to the poll released today by the Mexico City daily Milenio Diario. Support for Felipe Calderon, a former energy minister under President Vicente Fox, fell to 31 percent from 33 percent, the poll found.

Roberto Madrazo, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate, had the backing of 30 percent of likely voters, unchanged from the previous Milenio Diario poll.
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Mexico parties to curb campaign hostilities
Staff and agencies
13 June, 2006

33 minutes ago

MEXICO CITY - Mexico‘s political parties agreed Tuesday to respect the results of the July 2 presidential election and curb mudslinging to ease tensions ahead of the vote.

Seven of the country‘s eight political parties signed the agreement, which also asked President Vicente Fox , who has been accused of campaign interference, to refrain from commenting until after the Federal Electoral Institute has announced preliminary results.

Democratic Revolution representative Leonel Cota said the agreement "is one additional element that will give peace of mind to Mexicans so they can vote without fear."

Candidates have stepped up their attacks as election day nears. Federal election officials recently ordered the top two candidates to pull campaign advertising that they deemed lodged unfair accusations.
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