Editing Vicente Fox (section)

===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"/>