Sun, Jul 5th, 2009
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon's party appeared headed for defeat in mid-term congressional elections on Sunday, frustrating his plans to implement reforms to heal the ailing economy.
Two separate exit polls showed Calderon's National Action Party, or PAN, with 29 percent of the vote, far behind the 40 percent for the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
The poor state of Mexico's economy, which is in deep recession due to the downturn in the United States next door, turned voters against Calderon, a dour conservative.
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