The official campaign period ahead of Mexico’s 7 June federal legislative, state and local midterm elections formally began on 5 April. The electorate was immediately bombarded with thousands of TV and radio spots in which the country’s three main political parties - the nationally ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), the right-wing opposition Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) and the main left-wing opposition Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) - attacked each other and their records despite their repeated promises to conduct ‘clean’ campaigns. The start of the campaign has also not been short of scandal, with the PRD in particular criticised for the excesses of some of its candidates.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1490 words.
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