Electoral Rumors and Last-Minute Alliances

Bajo Reserva says that speculation is flying that Luis Felipe Bravo Mena in Mexico State and Guadalupe Acosta in Nayarit will both step aside, so as to channel the non-PRI votes behind Alejandro Encinas and Martha Elena García, respectively. Bravo Mena's stepping aside will not likely be enough to the EdoMex race competitive (Eruviel Ávila has been polling at above 50 percent for a while), but Acosta dropping out probably puts Roberto Sandoval's lead into play.