Jesús Alí de la Torre explained

Jesús Alí de la Torre
Birth Date:1963 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Occupation:Politician
Party:Independent (formerly PRI)

Jesús Alí de la Torre (born 12 April 1963) is a Mexican politician, formerly of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Deputy of the LVIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Tabasco,[1] and he was the mayor of Centro Municipality, containing the state capital of Villahermosa, from January 2010 to December 2011.[2]

Alí mounted two failed bids to become Governor of Tabasco. In 2012, he ran as the PRI candidate for governor, finishing in second place; it was the first gubernatorial loss for the PRI in Tabasco in the modern era. He left the PRI in 2016, stating the decision was personal in nature,[3] and ran as an independent candidate in 2018, receiving 1.98 percent of the vote.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perfil del legislador. Legislative Information System. 31 March 2015.
  2. News: Excandidato en Tabasco renuncia al PRI y se declara independiente. Proceso. Armando. Guzmán. 24 October 2016. 4 July 2018.
  3. News: Jesús Alí de la Torre renuncia al PRI tras 25 años de militancia. El Universal. 24 October 2016. Leobardo. Pérez Marín. 4 July 2018.
  4. News: Cierra PREP de Tabasco; Adán López obtuvo 61.45% de los votos. Excélsior. 2 July 2018. Notimex. 4 July 2018.