of public office to "jump" from one charge to another without ending their current term. In February 2007, he requested permission to leave his post as municipal president and accept the candidacy for governor by the Alianza para que vivas mejor (The Alliance So You May live better), which was approved by his party's regidores and denied by the PAN regidores. The PAN also accused five district electoral council members of partiality towards Hank because they served as judges during his administration as president of Tijuana. The Federal Electoral Tribune rejected the complaint determining that the law does not have such restriction that would prevent these five lawyers from serving as judges and then as council members. On June 20, 2007, Baja California's state elections court voted 2 to 1 in favor of the validity of the so-called "anti-grasshopper law" thus cancelling Hank's bid for governor. He appealed the decision before the Federal Electoral Tribunal, which unanimously upheld his candidacy on July 7, holding the state law contravened the electoral and political rights of the citizenry. Pending that decision, Hank was not a registered candidate and had to abstain from campaigning. The election date was on August 5, 2007. According to the Baja California's State Electoral Institute, Jorge Hank lost the election by 8 points (almost 55,000 votes) to Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, PAN's candidate. 2021 Alfredo Ferreiro Velasco, leader of announced on January 26, 2021, that Jorge Hank Rhon would be its candidate for governor in 2021. As a candidate for governor, Hank Rhon said of women “[S]e les ha bajado un poquito la inteligencia” ("Their intelligence has lowered a little"). See also José Guadalupe Osuna Millán — The candidate for governor in 2007 2007 Baja California state election 2021 Baja California state election References External links PorqueHank.com ("Why Hank") — Official campaign site for Governor of Baja California (Spanish) Presidential webpage at the Municipality of Tijuana government site (Spanish) 1956 births Living people Municipal presidents of Tijuana Mexican businesspeople Mexican company founders Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican people of German descent People from Toluca People from Tijuana Politicians from the State of Mexico Politicians from Baja California 21st-century Mexican politicians