On election night, July 1, 2018, José Antonio Meade conceded: “Debo reconocer que fue Andrés Manuel López Obrador el favorecido” (I must recognize that Andrés Manuel López Obrador was the one favored). Ricardo Anaya told the winner: “Le expreso mi felicitación y le deseo el mayor de los éxitos por el bien de México” (I congratulate you and wish you the greatest success for the good of Mexico).
On August 3, López Obrador received Meade for breakfast. “Invité a José Antonio Meade a desayunar porque nobleza obliga” (I invited José Antonio Meade to breakfast because nobility obliges), he said.