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Welcome back. voters in mexico are heading to the polls today in a historic election that could potentially reshape that country. the front runner for president is andres manuel lopez. he's a popular trump-like candidate who vows to bring an end to the violence and corruption in his country. thousands of other political seats are also up for grabs in the single biggest election in mexico's history. this campaign season has been marred by violence with more than 130 politicians killed across the country. cnn's leila santiago is in mexico city with more on today's elections. leila, what kind of ...

Cnn's rafael romo has his story. >> reporter: when he was accused of being a leftist who would allow russia to meddle in mexican elections, he went to the ocean and joked he was waiting for a russian submarine full of gold. >> you know, a year and a half ago they said i was an interloper. >> reporter: just like donald trump positioned himself as the anti-establishment candidate, andres manuel lopez has turned mexicans away from the traditional mexican parties, or the mafia power, as he calls them. >> they see themselves as great disrupters. >> reporter: although he's a leftist, he's also an an...

Decides to vote on the makeup of congress, including the u.s. senate, which has the right to confirm or not confirm the next supreme court justice. >> all right, congressman ted lieu, good to see you. >> thank you. still ahead, mexicans head to the polls to choose their next president. could a trump-like candidate rise to power there? the impact that could have on the future of u.s./mexico relations, next. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you ca...

Tweeting they might not actually have enough ballots at all of the polling locations. that's how large of a turnout they've already seen. even some of the ballots that have been mailed in from the u.s. and across the world from mexicans abroad, they're already seeing more than double the amount of ballots come in from the last major election here. now, this hcould be, as you mentioned, definitely a transformative election. there are hundreds of seats up for grabs. we're talking about mayors, governors, the congress, both portions of the congress here, as well as that big presidential election ...

The current president of mexico has a remarkably low approval rating. so mexico voters tell me they want change. so that could really also change the dynamic between mexico and the united states. we're about, give or take, six hours from when the polls will close here. a few hours after that we expect to get the preliminary numbers to see who has the majority of the votes and what change will come to the country of mexico. fredricka? >> all right. highly anticipated. leyla, thank you so much. > the heavy favorite to win mexico's president election has tapped into those trump-like populism view...