![AMLO's successor and Morena's candidate in Mexico's presidential elections will be chosen soon.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/amlo-mexico-president-elections-politics-economy-morena-06292023-1.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
Mexico’s presidential election is still a year away. But the likely winner of the 2024 contest is being chosen now, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s Morena party begins choosing its candidate. Morena has become such a juggernaut that there’s only a vanishing chance its rivals will defeat the party’s standard-bearer next year.