The senator and pre-candidate for the Presidency, (-RJ), should meet this Tuesday (24) with the governor of , (PL), in Brasília, to discuss the succession in command of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
According to the Sheetthe meeting between the two will serve to broadly debate the party’s strategies for Rio, including the alliances that will be signed and who will take the stage among the chosen candidates.
The PL’s favorite name in Rio to run for government is the state secretary of Cities, Douglas Ruas (PL). He is the son of Captain Nelson Ruas, mayor of São Gonçalo, the third largest electoral college in the state.
The current governor of Rio was re-elected in 2022 and therefore cannot be a candidate in the October elections. At the time, Castro won 58.67% of the valid votes in the first round. He surpassed the then deputy and now president of , (), who came in second place with 27.38%.
In January, the Sheet that the lack of definition of names is aggravated by the legal uncertainty experienced in Rio de Janeiro politics. There is fear among allies of the president removed from Alerj, (), about those of the politician.
Castro’s situation is also undefined due to the process in which the Public Electoral Ministry requests his revocation and ineligibility due to the case of the “secret sheets” for payment of state foundations. The case is in the (Superior Electoral Court) with the governor handed down by minister Isabel Gallotti.
Rio de Janeiro is one of the main electoral strongholds of Bolsonarism. Furthermore, it is the third largest electoral college in the country, behind only São Paulo and Minas Gerais. There are more than 13 million voters in Rio de Janeiro, according to TSE data from the last election, in 2024.
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