WASHINGTON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States said
on Monday that it will work with the winner in Mexico's presidential race and
expressed confidence that a winner will be announced soon.
"The Mexican government has announced that they will declare a winner, we think on Wednesday, and at that point,
the president will congratulate the winner," White House spokesman Tony Snow
said at a briefing.
"We are going to work with the government of Mexico.
It's an ally and neighbor, and obviously, we've got a great number of shared
interests, and we'll continue working with the Mexican government," Snow said.
Mexico's presidential election was too close to call
and results would not be announced at least until Wednesday, Mexican electoral
authorities said on Sunday. But two front-runners have both claimed victory in
the vote.
"The margin of difference is too narrow, it is not
possible to announce which candidate won," Luis Ugalde, president of the
Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute, said three hours after the voting
concluded. Enditem
Preliminary results give Calderon slim lead in Mexican presidential
race
MEXICO CITY, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Felipe Calderon, the
presidential candidate from Mexico's ruling National Action Party, had a slim
lead over his left-wing rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, preliminary official
results showed on Monday.
With returns from nearly almost 98 percent of polling
stations, Calderon got 13,962,094 votes and had a lead of 400,000 votes over
Obrador who managed to have 13,579,916 votes.
Mexico's official election body, the Federal
Electoral Agency (IFE), said it would start a recount on Wednesday because the
election was too close to call.
Both candidates immediately declared victory after
election and again on Monday. Enditem
