 In December 2006, Abreu contested for the PAN nomination for Governor of Yucatán; he won the PAN primaries defeating Ana Rosa Payán and Luis Correa Mena.In February 2007, the New Alliance party showed support for Abreu by nominating him as their ""common candidate"" to the state government.This means that Xavier Abreu was the candidate for both PAN and Nueva Alianza.