Former mayor of Contagem is the PT member who has the best performance in the polls; summit will still talk to her to convince her
The PT has the former mayor of Contagem as a consensus name to run for the government of Minas Gerais. The understanding is because it is the one that has the best performance in research.
The party leadership will still talk to Marília to convince her to run for office. She is a pre-candidate for the Senate and her voting intentions appear in several surveys.
The president (PT) faces difficulties in securing a competitive platform in the dispute in Minas, a strategic state in its re-election attempt. Given the situation, the PT of Minas Gerais approved a resolution to have its own candidacy.
The acronym also includes other names, but the former mayor of Contagem is the one who scores best. This Wednesday morning (June 24, 2026), Lula, at Palácio da Alvorada, representatives from Minas Gerais and members of the State Executive to discuss the electoral strategy in the State.
The Chief Executive will be on Thursday (June 25), in Três Lagoas (MG), to visit the facilities of the Petrobras Nitrogen Fertilizers Unit.
The PT also spoke to pre-candidates from other parties. The national president of the party, , contacted the former mayor of Belo Horizonte and PDT pre-candidate for the Minas Gerais government a few times. The 2 in November 2025 to address the topic, but the conversation did not prosper.
In 2026, the PT counted on the pre-candidacy of the senator (PSB-MG) for the state government, but the congressman withdrew from running in the election. Gabriel Azevedo (MDB), former mayor of Belo Horizonte, was also contacted.
On June 16, Edinho ruled out the possibility that Marília Campos would stop running for the Senate and run for government of Minas Gerais. “Marília is a candidate for the Senate. This has been decided and we are very convinced that she will be Senator of the Republic in 2027”he declared.
