Morena has chosen Senator Beatriz Mojica Morga to lead its political organizing in Guerrero after an internal survey put her ahead of rivals seeking a role in the state's 2027 governor race. Party leaders announced the decision Monday in Mexico City and gave Mojica a formal certificate as coordinator of the Defense of the Transformation and National Sovereignty. The title is a party organizing post, not a legally final gubernatorial nomination. Still, it gives Mojica control of an important stage in the ruling party's effort to retain Guerrero and changes the position of Esthela Damián Peralta, a former presidential legal adviser who had also sought the role.
Morena's national president Ariadna Montiel said recognition surveys and separate internal measurements identified Mojica as the best-evaluated contender. Noroeste reported that 14 aspirants were present for the Guerrero announcement and that the process included mirror surveys intended to check the result. La Razón listed Damián, former Acapulco mayor Abelina López and other prominent figures among those competing to coordinate the party's work. Mojica is a senator on leave with experience as a federal and local legislator and in Guerrero's state government. Her selection puts a politician with a long local network at the center of the campaign machinery before the party must decide its formal ticket.
Damián acknowledged the survey outcome, according to La Razón's separate report, a useful early signal for a party whose internal rivalries could complicate the next year. Accepting the result does not erase the need to unite factions, decide alliances and meet the electoral rules that govern the eventual nomination. The governor's office is currently held by Morena's Evelyn Salgado, so the party is seeking continuity rather than an opposition takeover. Polymarket's live Guerrero governor market illustrates the shift in expectations: the contract on Damián winning in 2027 was about 14 percent in the latest snapshot after a 39-point decline on the site's Breaking News list, while Mojica's sibling contract was near 86 percent. Traders are pricing a future election, not certifying who will appear on the ballot or win it.
Mojica's immediate task is to organize local committees and hold together the competing groups that participated in the survey. Morena still needs to complete later nomination steps and campaign planning, while rival parties will develop their own candidates and programs. Guerrero voters will not choose a governor until 2027, leaving ample room for alliances, disputes or a change in public support. The survey announcement makes Mojica the party's leading organizer today; the next meaningful evidence will come from whether other aspirants work with her and how the formal nomination process unfolds. The market's sharp repricing has a real political trigger, but the election itself remains ahead. The open question is whether that internal unity survives the longer campaign.
