Guillermo Padrés Elías

Guillermo Padrés Elías
Governor of Sonora
In office September 13, 2009 – September 12, 2015
Preceded by	Eduardo Bours
Succeeded by	Claudia Pavlovich Arellano
Personal details
Born	June 29, 1969 Cananea, Sonora
Political party	National Action Party
Alma mater	Universidad Humanitas

Guillermo Padrés Elías (born June 29, 1969 in Cananea, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Partido Acción Nacional ("National Action Party", PAN). He served as Governor of Sonora from 2009 to 2015.

Political career

Padres' political career began in 1997 when he was elected to the Congress of Sonora as State Deputy for the 7th electoral district^[1] with 61% of the vote.^[2] In 2000, he was elected Federal Deputy for the 2nd Federal District in the LVIII Legislature^[1] with 50.35% of the votes,^[3] and served until 2003.

In 2006, he was elected to the Senate representing Sonora. His party received 44% of the vote.^[4] As Senator, he served as Chairman of the Agriculture and Livestock Committee, and served on the Justice Committee and Water Resources Committee.

On January 16, 2008, he announced his intention to run for Governor Sonora in the 2009 elections.^[5] On March 1, 2009 he won the first day of PAN elections in Sonora, with 2,625 votes against 1,709 for María Dolores del Rio and 477 for Florencio Diaz Armenta. The following day, María Dolores del Rio^[6] and Florencio Diaz Armenta withdrew,^[7] leaving Padrés as the sole candidate.

Governor of Sonora

In the gubernatorial election of July 5, 2009, Padrés Elías defeated the candidate of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional ("Institutional Revolutionary Party", PRI), Alfonso Elías Serrano, with 464,865 votes for Padrés Elías against 425,050 votes for Elías Serrano;^[8] however, the PRI challenged the election results. On August 17, the State Electoral Tribunal rejected the challenge, and certified the election of Padrés Elías.^[9] The PRI appealed to the Federal Electoral Tribunal, which on September 11 also rejected the challenge.^[10] Padrés Elías took office on September 13, 2009.

Padrés Elías is currently promoting an ambitious water-supply program for the capital city of Hermosillo by taking water from the Yaqui River dam system belonging, by presidential decree, to the city of Ciudad Obregón and the 250,000 hectare agricultural Yaqui Valley, by building a 100-mile aqueduct from the "Novillo" dam to Hermosillo.

References

Notes

1. Gerardo Moyano (2009-09-21). "Inicia Sonora era panista". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
2. Consejo Estatal Electoral del Estado de Sonora. "Proceso electoral Sonora 1996-1997. Diputados locales". Retrieved 2010-02-01.
3. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Elección de Diputados Federales por el principio de mayoría relativa. Estado de Sonora". Retrieved 2009-09-12.
4. Instituto Federal Electoral. "Resultados Elección de Senadores por el principio de mayoría relativa. Estado de Sonora". Retrieved 2009-09-12.
5. ""Con todas mis fuerzas" buscaré ser gobernador de Sonora:Padrès Elìas". Dossier Político. 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on February 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
6. Marcelo Beyliss (2 March 2009). "Ex alcaldesa de Hermosillo se retira de contienda por candidatura". El Universal. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
7. Virginia de Viana (2 March 2009). "Declina Florencio Díaz a precandidatura". El Imparcial. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
8. Consejo Estatal Electoral del Estado de Sonora. "Elección gobernador, 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-09-12.
9. Ulises Gutiérrez Ruelas (17 August 2009). "Valida TEE triunfo del PAN en comicios para gobernador en Sonora". La Jornada. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
10. Susana Hernández (11 September 2009). "Ratifica el TEPJF el triunfo de Guillermo Padrés en Sonora". Milenio Diario. Retrieved 2009-09-12.