Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor

Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
Villaseñor in 2011
Governor of Baja California Sur
In office April 5, 2011 – September 10, 2015
Preceded by	Narciso Agúndez Montaño
Succeeded by	Carlos Mendoza Davis
Personal details
Born	July 2, 1967 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Political party	National Action Party
Spouse(s)	María Elena Hernández

Marcos Alberto Covarrubias Villaseñor (born July 2, 1967) is a Mexican politician. He has served as the Governor of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur since April 5, 2012.

Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor was a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico prior to being elected Governor in 2011.^[1] He had been elected to the Chamber through the support of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).^[1]

Covarrubias Villaseñor ran for Governor of Baja California Sur in the 2011 gubernatorial election, which was held on February 6, 2011.^[1] He was nominated by the National Action Party (PAN). The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) had held the state's governorship since 1999 at the time.^[2] Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor won the gubernatorial election with more than 40% of the vote.^[2] The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Ricardo Barroso Agramont, came in second with 33.52%, while the incumbent PRD's candidate, Luis Armando Díaz, came in at a distant third with approximately 20% of the vote.^[2]

Covarrubias Villaseñor was sworn into office on March 5, 2011.^[3]

References

1. Grayson, George W. (January 2011). "Mexico 2011 Gubernatorial Elections And Their Impact On Policy". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
2. "Another State Election, Another PRI Defeat: What the Results from Baja California Sur Tell us". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
3. "April 2011". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2012-08-27.