The design of the alliance between the PRI and PAN for the 2027 gubernatorial race is beginning to take shape in negotiations over the state capital. Within the alliance, Fernando Margáin is gaining ground as the top candidate for Monterrey, a move that would align with the gubernatorial aspirations of Adrián De la Garza. Key architects from the PRI are betting on a format that would assign PAN candidacies in the state capital and in Guadalupe, where the goal is to convince Pedro Garza to make another attempt. According to sources in the Front to LPO, Margáin will have the first half of this year to tour the city and grow in the polls. If this does not happen, the PRI will put forward candidacies like those of Karina Barrón or Lorena De la Garza, and PAN will have veto power over these options. Under these circumstances, Margáin, who serves in De la Garza's cabinet, is practically the last chance for PAN to secure a decisive position in its electoral alliance with the PRI. Months ago, the possibility of promoting former head of the judiciary Arturo Salinas was analyzed, but he failed to overcome his discomfort with Raúl Gracia, which left him out of the race from the very beginning.
