Delfina Gómez Álvarez

Delfina Gómez Álvarez (born 15 November 1962) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who has served as the Governor of the State of Mexico since 2023.

[2] Gómez Álvarez took leave from the Chamber of Deputies on 15 January 2017 in order to run as the Morena candidate for Governor of the State of Mexico; her candidacy had been announced by the party's leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in July 2016.

del Mazo won with a margin of nearly three percentage points,[7] but the election was marred by allegations of electoral fraud and vote-buying committed by the PRI.

[8] After the gubernatorial campaign concluded, Gómez returned to the Chamber of Deputies in early October 2017 and took back the seat from her alternate, Magdalena Moreno Vega, who had served eight months in the post.

[10] Despite winning on election day, Gómez did not remain long in the Senate, as according to party sources, she had been identified by President-elect López Obrador to become part of the incoming federal government; she would be replaced by her alternate, Martha Guerrero.

[12] After the promotion and ratification by the Senate of Republic of Esteban Moctezuma as Mexican Ambassador in United States, Gómez was appointed as Secretary of Public Education by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

In January 2022, the Electoral Court of the Federal Judiciary determined there was a "parallel financing scheme" for supporting the creation and activities of the political party National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) during the administration of Gómez Álvarez.