Felipe Calderon greets supporters in Zacatecas. A year ago, nobody outside his National Action Party considered him a presidential contender, but he is now in a neck-and-neck race. (Dario Lopez-Mills / AP)
Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gets a kiss in Izamal, Mexico. (Israel Leal / AP)
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s reforms would be the most ambitious in Mexico in decades. (Luis Acosta AFP/Getty Images)
Supporters of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador watch his televised debate with conservative Felipe Calderon at Mexico Citys Zocalo, or central square. (Eduardo Verdugo / AP)
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Felipe Calderon, Mexican presidential candidate for the center-right National Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) works the crowd upon arriving at a campaign rally on Thursday, June 22, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. The rally was Calderon’s closing event in the state of Baja California. (David Maung / AP)
Felipe Calderon, Mexican presidential candidate for the center-right National Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) waves to a group of people onstage during a campaign rally on Thursday, June 22, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. (David Maung / AP)
Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a rally Friday, June 23, 2006, in Colima City, Mexico. (Guillermo Arias / AP)
Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador greet supporters at the end of a rally Friday, June 23, 2006, in Colima City, Mexico. (Guillermo Arias / AP)
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Marta Escamilla holds a sign that reads “fools are the ones that believe that the people is fool” as she waits to see Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador before a rally Friday, June 23, 2006, in Colima City, Mexico. (Guillermo Arias / AP)
