[1] Egidio Torre Cantú was born on June 19, 1957, in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, the eldest child of Egidio Torre López, a medical surgeon and distinguished public servant and PRI activist, and Ana María Cantú Leal.

Civil engineer by profession, Egidio holds a bachelor's degree from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education and completed postgraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Before being confirmed as candidate for governor, Egidio was an active political advisor of the PRI's State Committee.

[4] On July 5, 2010, Mexican media confirmed that Egidio became virtual governor of Tamaulipas after receiving 62.9% of the votes.

His closest opponent, José Julián Sacramento of the National Action Party, received 29.5% of the votes.