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All four states that touch Mexico are now Democratic. Morena wants to own the photo
Morena, Mexico's ruling party, has an office for Mexicans abroad. It has been run by Alejandro Robles since 2024.
An America First Policy Institute paper dated October 15, 2026 calls for applying the Foreign Agents Registration Act to Morena and zero tolerance for partisan use of Mexico's consular network.
Source: America First Policy Institute, Mexico’s Regime in the United States, Oct. 15, 2026.
Texas had gone 31 years without a Democratic governor. Now it has one.
With her, all four states that touch Mexico are the same color, and Mexico's presidential palace celebrated the next morning.
This is not an article to read straight through. It is a model that moves with you: you turn the map, touch every piece and, in the simulator, make six decisions as if you governed Texas. At the end you see, in numbers, where Morena's bet on the border wins and where it loses.
From the Pacific to the Gulf. Four states on one side, six on the other.
Almost everything Mexico sells the world crosses here. Almost everything Washington demands from Mexico, too.
Gina Hinojosa ousted Greg Abbott, who was seeking a fourth term and spent $180 million on his campaign.
Xavier Becerra won California with about 64%. Katie Hobbs was reelected in Arizona with 55.6%. Deb Haaland won New Mexico with 57.2%.
AP and state election counts as of November 9. California, Arizona and New Mexico are still counting.
Thirteen Texas counties touch the Rio Grande. In 2024 Trump won eleven. In 2026 Hinojosa won ten.
In Hidalgo County the swing was 45 points in two years. In Starr, 65.
2024: official county results. 2026: provisional county count as of November 9. Tap a county on the map.
Baja California, Sonora and Tamaulipas are governed by Morena. Chihuahua belongs to the PAN, Coahuila to the PRI and Nuevo León to Movimiento Ciudadano.
Until now, these governors' counterpart in Texas was Abbott. Starting in January, it is someone else.
On June 6, 2027 Mexico elects governors in Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua and Nuevo León.
If Morena keeps its states and wins one more, the border ends up with eight of ten governments aligned with each other. That is the bet.
INE (Mexico's electoral authority), 2026-2027 election process. The reading is Simón Levy's analysis.
More than half of Mexico's consular network in the United States sits in these four states: 11 in Texas, 10 in California, 5 in Arizona and 1 in New Mexico.
The State Department has been reviewing all 53 since May. And on June 6 the designated consulates will serve as polling places.
Mexican Foreign Ministry directory. State Department review reported in May 2026.
No governor commands the Border Patrol, ICE or the Pentagon.
Since 2025 the military has run National Defense Areas along the line. There are six now, across all four states. Two of them cover about 420 miles of the Rio Grande.
Stars and Stripes and Defense One, February 2026.
That is U.S.-Mexico trade. Laredo alone handled $353.94 billion.
That is the agenda that unites the ten governors. The political photo is something else.
Circles: trade with Mexico by port in May 2026, Census Bureau data analyzed by WorldCity.