Santiago González Soto
Santiago González Soto | |
|---|---|
| Federal deputy for Nuevo León's 5th district | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2024 | |
| Federal deputy for Nuevo León's 5th district | |
| In office 2018–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1961 Mexquitic de Carmona, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
| Political party | PT |
| Occupation | Journalist, lawyer, politician |
Santiago González Soto[a] (born 25 June 1961) is a Mexican journalist, lawyer and politician. A member of the Labour Party (PT), he has been elected twice to the Chamber of Deputies.
Biography
González Soto was born in Mexquitic de Carmona, San Luis Potosí, in 1961. He holds bachelor's degrees in communication science (1985) and law (2014) and a master's in communication science (2006).[1]
As a journalist he has worked extensively in the state of Nuevo León, including periods spent with Televisión de Nuevo León, Diario de Monterrey, Multimedios Televisión, Televisa Monterrey and Radio Nuevo León.
As a member of the PT, he was elected to the Congress of Nuevo León for the 2000–2003 legislative session. In the 2003 state election, he contended for the governorship of Nuevo León on the PT ticket[2][3] but came in a distant third place with 4.99% of the vote.[4][b]
In the 2018 general election he stood for an alliance of the PT, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) and the Social Encounter Party (PES) in Nuevo León's 5th congressional district (Monterrey); he won with 32.5% of the votes cast and represented the district during the 64th Congress.[5][1]
He fought for re-election in the 2021 mid-terms but lost to Marcela Guerra Castillo of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[6] He was successful on his second bid for re-election, in the 2024 general election, and was duly elected to represent the district in the 66th Congress.[7][8]
Notes
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Soto.
- ^ The election was won by José Natividad González Parás of the PRI.
References
- ^ a b "Perfil: Dip. Santiago González Soto, LXIV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ Carrizales, David (16 February 2003). "González Soto, candidato del PT al gobierno neoleonés". La Jornada. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Elecciones 2003: Candidatos a gobernador del estado". Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de Nuevo León. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Proceso electoral 2003: Votación total de la elección del gobernador". Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de Nuevo León. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Nuevo León Distrito 5. Monterrey". Cómputos Distritales 2018. INE. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Nuevo León Distrito 5. Monterrey". Cómputos Distritales 2021. INE. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Nuevo León Distrito 5. Monterrey". Cómputos Distritales 2024. INE. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "Perfil: Dip. Santiago González Soto, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 15 May 2025.