Governor of Goiás travels to São Paulo for breakfast with the president of the party; party wants to announce name for Planalto by Friday (27th March)
The governor of Goiás, (PSDB), travels to São Paulo this Tuesday morning (March 24, 2026) for a strategic meeting with the national president of the PSDB, . The meeting should define the direction of the party’s presidential pre-candidacy for the 2026 presidential elections.
The expectation is to consolidate the name to compete for the Planalto and announce it by Friday (27th March 2026). Caiado boards a commercial flight from Goiânia in the early hours of the morning. When you disembark in the capital of São Paulo, you will go directly to Kassab’s apartment, where the two of you will have a reserved breakfast.
In addition to Caiado, the PSD has as an option the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, (RS).
Until Monday (23rd March), party leaders considered the candidacy of the governor of Paraná as certain, (PSD), but he at the end of the day that he was leaving the race for Planalto to complete his term in the State, until January 5, 2026.
The man from Paraná will leave politics to assume the presidency of Grupo Massa de Comunicação, a company founded by his father, the television presenter .
In a note released on Monday, Kassab described Leite and Caiado as managers “very well evaluated, with countless achievements throughout their public lives” and confirmed that the projects presented by them “will guide the PSD candidate’s government plan”.
With Ratinho Junior’s withdrawal, Caiado became the to represent the acronym. He leads in internal polls, and Leite has already hinted at the possibility of running for the Senate as plan B.
