Jesús Alí de la Torre

Jesús Alí de la Torre
Born (1963-04-12) 12 April 1963 (age 61)
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
OccupationPolitician
Political partyIndependent (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]

References

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