However, on August 10, Francisco Rojas Toledo of the National Action Party and Emilio Zebadúa of New Alliance announced that they were withdrawing from the election and throwing their support behind the Institutional Revolutionary Party's José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas in order to present a united front to prevent Juan José Sabines Guerrero, representing the Alliance for the Good of All and a protégé of incumbent governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, from winning.
On August 10th, Francisco Rojas Toledo from the National Action Party and Emilio Zebadúa from New Alliance withdrew from the election and endorsed José Antonio Aguilar Bodegas of the Institutional Revolutionary Party to prevent Juan José Sabines Guerrero, who was backed by incumbent governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, from winning.