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Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, nominated Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez was nominated by the Frente Amplio por Mexico (Broad Front for Mexico) as presidential candidates. Sheinbaum, 61, is the former Mexico City mayor and longtime political ally of the current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. She is a scientist and an academic. She has vowed to continue the policies of López Obrador that have focused on social welfare and more state control of the economy and energy sectors. Gálvez is a former senator from the conservative PAN party. Her front party consists of three parties, the PAN, the PRI and the PRD. She is pro-business and wants to encourage more private investment. Both candidates have made recent campaign stops in Los Angeles to court votes. Mexicans living abroad have been allowed to vote in Mexican elections since 2006.