Editing Vicente Fox (section)

==Early political career==
[[File:Conferencia de Prensa con FOX.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fox during a press conference, June 1990]]
With the support of [[Manuel Clouthier]], Vicente Fox joined the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|Partido Acción Nacional]] on 1 March 1988. That same year, he was elected to the federal [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]], representing the Third Federal District in [[León, Guanajuato|León]], Guanajuato.<ref name="UNbio"/>

===Governor of Guanajuato===
In 1991, after serving in the [[Congress of the Union|Chamber of Deputies]], Fox sought the [[Governor of Guanajuato|governorship in Guanajuato]], but lost the disputed election to Ramón Aguirre Velázquez of the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]. Following the election, local discontent over allegations of fraud surrounding Aguirre Velázquez's victory led the PRI candidate to decline to take office.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Adrián |first=Martínez |date=2024-03-07 |title=Cuántos años lleva el PAN gobernando Guanajuato |url=https://www.telediario.mx/politica/elecciones/pan-en-guanajuato-cuantos-anos-lleva-gobernando-en-el-estado |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Teledario |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Robberson |first=Tod |date=1995-05-28 |title=Long-Ruling Party Awaits Ire Of Voters As Two States Elect Governors |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/05/29/long-ruling-party-awaits-ire-of-voters-as-two-states-elect-governors/eb0d3e5d-809e-40c0-b2f3-1c625beb2e9c/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> The [[Congress of Guanajuato|state congress]] appointed [[Carlos Medina Plascencia]] of the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|PAN]] as interim governor.<ref name="balero">{{cite web |year=2000 |title=Vicente Fox: President Elect of Mexico |url=http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/bio_foxkids.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307090729/http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/bio_foxkids.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=7 March 2007 |access-date=4 June 2007}}</ref> 

In the [[1995 Guanajuato state election]], Fox ran again, and was elected governor with over 58% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Resultados de la Elección para Gobernador en el Estado, Guanajuato |url=http://www.imocorp.com.mx/CAMPO/ZSIEM/ELEC_X_ANIO/RESULTADOSWEB.ASP?IDELECCION=38 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713005114/http://www.imocorp.com.mx/CAMPO/ZSIEM/ELEC_X_ANIO/RESULTADOSWEB.ASP?IDELECCION=38 |archive-date=2008-07-13 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=SIEM}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dillon |first=Sam |date=2000-07-04 |title=Man in the News: The 'Sell Me' Politician the Mexicans Bought |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/world/americas/070400mexico-fox.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> As governor, Fox promoted government efficiency and transparency. He was one of the first state governors of Mexico to give a clear, public and timely account of the finances of his state.<ref name="Biography of Vicente Fox">[http://www.un.int/mexico/biography_fox.htm Biography of Vicente Fox] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918011100/http://www.un.int/Mexico/biography_Fox.htm |date=18 September 2012 }}, United Nations (accessed 20 January 2010).</ref>

Fox also pushed for the consolidation of small firms, promoted the overseas sales of goods manufactured in Guanajuato, and created an extensive system of small loans to allow the poor to open a ''changarro'' (a small shop) and buy a car and a television.<ref>John Ross, [https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/211/44231.html Fox, Inc., takes over Mexico] dated March 2001, at globalpolicy.org. Retrieved 8 July 2017</ref> Under Fox, Guanajuato became the fifth most important Mexican state economy.<ref name="Biography of Vicente Fox"/>

===Campaign for president===
{{Main|2000 Mexican general election}}
[[File:DiazFoxMODO02.JPG|thumb|Items from Fox's presidential campaign on display at the ''[[Museo del Objeto del Objeto]]'']]
On 7 July 1997, after the opposition parties first won a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, Vicente Fox decided to run for [[President of Mexico]]. In spite of opposition within his political party, Fox secured his candidacy representing the [[Alliance for Change (Mexico)|Alliance for Change]], a political coalition formed by the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]] and the [[Green Ecological Party of Mexico]] on 14 November 1999.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marley|first=David F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pO6yDwAAQBAJ&q=National+Action+Party+and+the+Green+Ecological+Party+of+Mexico+on+14+November+1999&pg=PA117|title=Mexican Cartels: An Encyclopedia of Mexico's Crime and Drug Wars|date=11 October 2019|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-4408-6476-6|language=en}}</ref>

During the course of his campaign, a presidential debate was organized, but the three main contenders (Fox, [[Francisco Labastida]] of the PRI, and [[Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas]] of the PRD) disagreed on the details. One notable disagreement, which was broadcast on national television, was whether the presidential debate should be held that same day or on the following Friday.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-65306555.html Encyclopedia.com]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002171435/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-65306555.html |date=2 October 2009 }}</ref>

During the nationally televised presidential debate, Fox's main opponent, Francisco Labastida, claimed that Fox had repeatedly called him a "sissy" and a "cross-dresser" ("la vestida", a pun on his last name).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/813206.stm|title=AMERICAS – Profile: Vicente Fox|access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref> Fox's campaign slogans were "¡Ya!" ("Right now!"), "Ya ganamos" ("We've already won"), and "Vota Alianza por el Cambio" ("Vote for Alliance for Change").{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

In addition to some debate controversies, Fox also faced some controversy due to ''[[Amigos de Fox]]'' (Friends of Fox), a nonprofit fundraising group established by Denise Montaño. The group was instrumental in getting Vicente Fox elected President of Mexico, and the phrase "''Amigos de Fox''" was used as a campaign slogan referring to the millions of people supporting Fox in the 2000 presidential election.<ref>[http://www.laraza.com/news.php?nid=38696 LaRaza.com]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012120043/http://www.laraza.com/news.php?nid=38696 |date=12 October 2007 }}</ref>

In 2003, [[money-laundering]] charges were lodged against ''Amigos de Fox'', but were dropped shortly before the July 2003 midterm elections.<ref>{{cite web |first= |date=6 May 2005 |title=Reuters AlertNet - Mexico |url=http://www.alertnet.org/printable.htm?URL=%2Fdb%2Fcp%2Fmexico.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612205853/http://www.alertnet.org/printable.htm?URL=%2Fdb%2Fcp%2Fmexico.htm |archive-date=12 June 2006 |access-date=6 November 2016 |website=Reuters}}</ref>

====Election results====
[[File:Gerhard Schroeder Vicente Fox.jpg|thumb|German Chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]] with Fox in [[Los Pinos]], May 2004]]
On 2 July 2000, his 58th birthday, Fox won the presidential election with 43% (15,989,636 votes) of the popular vote, followed by the [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] (PRI) candidate [[Francisco Labastida]] with 36% (13,579,718 votes), and [[Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas]] of the [[Party of the Democratic Revolution]] (PRD) with 17% (6,256,780 votes). Fox declared victory that same night, a victory that was ratified by then-President Zedillo. After the final results were announced, President-elect Fox addressed thousands of supporters and celebrated his victory with them at the [[Angel of Independence]] monument in [[Mexico City]]. His opponents conceded the election later that night.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

After securing the election, Fox received substantial media coverage, as well as numerous congratulatory messages and phone calls from world leaders, including then-President of the United States [[Bill Clinton]]. He took office on 1 December 2000, the first time since 1917 that an opposition candidate had taken power from the long-reigning [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] (PRI).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Pastor|first1=Manuel|last2=Wise|first2=Carol|year=2005|title=The Lost Sexenio: Vicente Fox and the New Politics of Economic Reform in Mexico|journal=Latin American Politics and Society|volume=47|issue=4|pages=135–160|issn=1531-426X|jstor=4490436|doi=10.1111/j.1548-2456.2005.tb00331.x|s2cid=232390455}}</ref>