PAN candidate Felipe Calderón. The public debate between Madrazo and Gordillo resulted in the creation of a new political party, the Partido Nueva Alianza, formed to oppose Madrazo in his bid for the presidency. For this she was suspended in her rights as a PRI "militant" (an official party position) pending an expulsion process. Gordillo has made it clear that she believes Madrazo is not a viable candidate for Mexico's presidency. The Nueva Alianza candidate, Roberto Campa, spent much of the first presidential debate attacking Madrazo. Shortly after Gordillo's denunciation, the Mexico City newspaper Reforma published an article that condemned Madrazo as the owner of a luxury penthouse in a prestigious high-rise tower in Miami worth eight million pesos ($800,000 U.S. dollars) and three luxury apartments in Mexico City with the alleged value of seven million pesos. However, Madrazo's public declaration of assets, liabilities and expenses of January 19, 2006 denied the allegations. Going into the elections, Madrazo polled at 30 percent. On July 3, 2006, Madrazo and his coalition conceded defeat in the presidential election. According to official results, he received only 22.26% of the vote or 9,301,441 votes out of 41,791,322 votes—the PRI's worst presidential result to that point. Berlin Marathon scam Madrazo was accused of cheating during the 2007 Berlin Marathon. Posting a time of 2 hours and 41 minutes, his time was 36 minutes behind the world record at the time. His 25 and 30 km checkpoints were unregistered. Madrazo finished the race in 146th place, and allegedly took 21 minutes to cover the 15 kilometers between the 20 km and 35 km marks, while the world record for this distance is 41 minutes. The cheating was revealed because the time registration of start, finish, and all split times of the marathon was done by transponder timing. Eventually Madrazo was disqualified, causing a political disturbance in Mexico. See also List of disputed marathon runners References External links Madrazo for President website "Who is Who in the Mexican Presidential Election", Paola Reyes, Vista Magazine 1952 births Living people Governors of Tabasco Candidates in the 2006 Mexican presidential election Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Tabasco Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Tabasco Politicians from Tabasco People from Villahermosa Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Presidents of the Institutional Revolutionary Party National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni 20th-century Mexican