Mexico football legend Cuauhtemoc Blanco appeared poised Monday to score a victory in his political debut, leading the race for mayor in the city of Cuernavaca.
Running for the small Social Democratic Party, Blanco had 25.6 percent of the votes compared to 21.4 percent for his closest opponent, Maricela Velazquez Sanchez of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, according to a count of 70.4 percent of ballots.
The former national team star, who only retired at the age of 42 in April, used choice words to declare himself the winner late Sunday.
