Jasmine Bugarín

Jasmine Bugarín
Member of the Senate of the Republic
In office
1 September 2024 – Incumbent
(on leave since 17 June 2026)
Preceded byCora Cecilia Pinedo Alonso
ConstituencyNayarit (1st seat)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 September 2021 – 31 August 2024
Preceded byGeraldine Ponce
Succeeded byBeatriz Andrea Navarro Pérez
ConstituencyNayarit's 2nd district
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
1 September 2015 – 31 August 2018
Preceded byGloria Elizabeth Núñez Sánchez
Succeeded byMirtha Villalvazo
ConstituencyNayarit's 3rd district
Member of the Congress of Nayarit
In office
1 September 2014 – 2015
Constituency6th local district
Personal details
BornJasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez
(1986-10-27) 27 October 1986 (age 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
PartyMorena (2026–present)
Other political
affiliations
EducationAutonomous University of Nayarit
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
Websitejasminbugarin.com.mx

Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez (born 27 October 1986), also known as Jasmín Bugarín, is an American-born Mexican politician and lawyer from the state of Nayarit. Currently affiliated with the Morena party, she was previously a member of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

From 2014 to 2015, she was a member of the Congress of Nayarit. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2015 to 2018 for Nayarit's 3rd district, representing the PRI, and from 2021 to 2024 for Nayarit's 2nd district, as a member of the PVEM. In the 2024 general election, she was elected to Nayarit's first seat in the Senate.

Biography

Early life and education

Jasmine Bugarín was born on 27 October 1986 in Los Angeles, California, where her parents, natives of Nayarit, were migrant workers; they returned to Mexico while she was still young.[dead link] She holds a law degree from the Autonomous University of Nayarit (2004–2009) and has completed diploma courses in human rights, public security and the administration of justice, and gender-based violence.

Before entering elected office, she was deputy director of the Civil Registry, a legal adviser and a human rights defender in the municipal government of La Yesca, and served as an alternate councillor (regidora suplente) of the same municipality from 2011 to 2014. From 2011 to 2013 she was the PRI's general representative in La Yesca; in 2012 she coordinated the Southern Mobile Unit of the Nayarit Women's Institute, and from 2013 to 2014 she headed the DIF liaison department at the Ministry of Social Development of the State of Nayarit.

Political career

Member of the Congress of Nayarit (2014–2015)

In the 2014 Nayarit state election she was elected to the 31st Legislature of the Congress of Nayarit for the 6th local district, for a term due to run until 2018. She served on the committees for Legislative Research; Justice and Human Rights; Indigenous Affairs; Health and Social Security; Industry, Commerce and Tourism; and on the Special Grand Jury Committee. The year after her election, she resigned her seat to stand as the PRI's candidate for federal deputy for Nayarit's 3rd federal electoral district.

Chamber of Deputies, LXIII Legislature (2015–2018)

She was elected to the 63rd Congress and served from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2018. In the Chamber of Deputies she was secretary of the committees on Youth; the Promotion of Social Programs for Older Adults; and Foreign Relations, and a member of the Tourism and Governance committees.

She took a leave of absence from 26 January to 2 July 2018 to run as the PRI's first-formula candidate for senator for Nayarit in the 2018 Senate election. She placed third in the results and so did not take a Senate seat, and returned to her seat in the Chamber of Deputies until the end of the legislature on 31 August 2018.

In 2018 she was a contender for the PRI's state presidency in Nayarit but did not win the post. In 2019 she resigned her PRI membership and joined the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, of which she went on to become state general secretary.

Chamber of Deputies, LXV Legislature (2021–2024)

In 2021 she was nominated by the Juntos Hacemos Historia coalition for Nayarit's 2nd federal electoral district and was elected to the 65th Congress, serving from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2024. In that legislature she sat with the PVEM's parliamentary group, served as secretary of the Committee on Climate Change and Sustainability, and was a member of the Infrastructure and Health committees.

Senator of the Republic (2024–present)

In the 2024 general election, Jasmin Bugarín Rodríguez was elected senator for the state of Nayarit by first-past-the-post as a candidate of the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition, made up of Morena, the PVEM, and the Labor Party (PT). She was sworn in on 29 August 2024, at the constitutive session of the 66th Congress, together with the other 128 senators-elect, and took office on 1 September.

At that same session she was elected secretary of the Senate's Bureau (Mesa Directiva) for the legislature's first year, with 127 votes in favour out of 128 senators present. She was re-elected to the same post for the legislature's second year (2025–2026).

Legislative activity

Bugarín introduced a bill to amend the law governing the Attorney General's Office to create a specialized prosecutor's office for crimes against the environment and animal abuse, presented in April 2025. In April 2026 she introduced a bill to amend the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence and the General Health Law regarding obstetric violence. In October 2025 she proposed a comprehensive reform to the Federal Labor Law (Mexico) and the General Health Law to set limits on working hours for medical residents and create mechanisms to protect them against workplace harassment and violence.

On 29 November 2025 she presented her first legislative activity report, in which she reported having introduced more than 65 bills, points of agreement and constitutional reforms during her first year in office.

Leave of absence and 2027 gubernatorial bid

On 15 June 2026, Bugarín requested a leave of absence from the Senate, effective 17 June, to take part in the internal process through which the Morena–PVEM–PT coalition would select its candidate for governor of Nayarit in the 2027 Mexican state elections.

On 25 June 2026, the senator-on-leave formalized her registration as an aspirant for the coordination of the "Defence of the Fourth Transformation" in Nayarit, the internal process of the Morena–PVEM–PT coalition ahead of the gubernatorial election of 6 June 2027. She was confirmed in that position on 28 September.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In this Mexican name, the surname is Bugarín and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

References

  1. ↑ Santos, Javier (22 October 2026). "Jasmine Bugarín deja el Partido Verde y se incorpora a Morena en Nayarit". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Perfil: Sen. Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez, LXVI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) (in Spanish). SEGOB. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Perfil: Dip. Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez, LXIII Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) (in Spanish). SEGOB. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Perfil: Dip. Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez, LXV Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL) (in Spanish). SEGOB. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Jasmine Bugarín reconoce que nació en EU, hija de jornaleros; en 2024 renunció a esa nacionalidad, asegura". La Jornada (in Spanish). 30 September 2026.
  6. ↑ "De pies a cabeza: Jasmin Bugarin". Diario del Pueblo (in Spanish). 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 "¿Quiénes son las diputadas priístas que gritaron "¡Eeeeh… puuu!"?". El Universal (in Spanish). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez". Plan Joven (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "¿Quién es Jasmine María Bugarín? Senadora por Mayoría Relativa del PVEM". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativa. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Partido Verde Ecologista de México. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  12. 1 2 "La senadora del PVEM, Jasmin Bugarín, deja el Senado para competir por la coordinación de la 4T en Nayarit". Infobae (in Spanish). 16 June 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Votos por Partido Político y Candidatura Independiente. Cómputo 2021" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional Electoral. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Jasmine María Bugarín Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativa, Secretaría de Gobernación. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  15. ↑ "Jasmin Bugarin, la más votada en Nayarit para el Senado de la República" (in Spanish). XHNTV-TDT. 9 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "¿Quién es Jasmine María Bugarín, senadora por mayoría relativa del PVEM?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  17. 1 2 "Senadores rinden protesta y marcan el arranque de la LXVI Legislatura; así estará conformado el pleno". Infobae (in Spanish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Los nuevos diputados y senadores instalan la LXVI Legislatura en el Congreso de la Unión". LatinUS (in Spanish). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Eligen al senador Gerardo Fernández Noroña como presidente de la Mesa Directiva del Senado" (in Spanish). Comunicación Social del Senado de la República. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez rinde protesta como presidenta de la Mesa Directiva del Senado de la República" (in Spanish). Comunicación Social del Senado de la República. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Propone senadora Jasmine Bugarín crear Fiscalía Especializada en Delitos Ambientales y Maltrato Animal" (in Spanish). Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Iniciativa con proyecto de decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley General de Acceso de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia y de la Ley General de Salud" (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema de Información Legislativa. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  23. ↑ "Propone senadora Jasmine Bugarín reforma para garantizar derechos laborales y humanos de médicos residentes" (in Spanish). Ecologist Green Party of Mexico. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  24. ↑ "Jasmin Bugarín rinde su Primer Informe Legislativo y reafirma su compromiso con Nayarit". NTV (in Spanish). 29 November 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  25. ↑ "Destaca Jasmín Bugarín con más de 60 iniciativas en el Senado". Nayarit Noticias (in Spanish). 18 December 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  26. ↑ "Jasmine Bugarín deja el Senado para iniciar nueva etapa política". SAGA Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  27. ↑ "Jasmin Bugarín pide licencia al Senado y denuncia guerra sucia". Nayarit360 (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  28. ↑ "Bugarín registra candidatura de la 4T en Nayarit". Yahoo Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  29. ↑ "Morena abre carrera por la gubernatura de Nayarit". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 25 June 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  30. ↑ "Registra PVEM aspirantes en Michoacán y Nayarit". Quadratín México (in Spanish). 25 June 2026. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  31. ↑ "Morena designa a Jasmine Bugarín Rodríguez, Clara Luz Flores, Ana Lilia Rivera y Eli Cervantes como coordinadores en Nayarit, NL, Tlaxcala y SLP". Infobae. 28 September 2026.