Minister prepares candidacy for Palácio dos Bandeirantes in the 2026 elections; Tebet and Marina are nominated for the Senate in São Paulo
(PT)will leave command of the Ministry of Finance to dedicate himself to the dispute for the government of the State of São Paulo in the 2026 elections. The information was anticipated by the newspaper The Globe and confirmed by Poder360.
The minister has already informed allies about the decision and is preparing the departure of the president’s government(PT) next week. You should, however, pause before formally announcing your candidacy. During this period, the priority will be to set up the political structure of the campaign and define
Haddad wants to talk to the ministers (Rede), from the Environment, and (MDB), from Planning, on the ticket in São Paulo. Both are considered for the Senate, but depend on candidacy arrangements.
Marina is taken for granted, but which party would she run for: PT, PSB or Rede. She said her only certainty is that
Already Tebet You will need to leave the MDB and transfer your electoral domicile by April 4th if you want to be a candidate for São Paulo. PSB is the main option at the moment. The mayor of São Paulo, (MDB), is an ally of Tarcísio, which makes the minister’s eventual candidacy for the party unfeasible.
Tebet will leave the government by March 30 and attributes his political future to Lula. Inside PT (Workers’ Party)the possibility of a ticket with Marina and Tebet for the São Paulo Senate is
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Fernando Haddad has already run for governor of São Paulo in 2022. On that occasion, he had the best performance in the history of the PT in the State, receiving more than 10.9 million votes in the 2nd round (44.73% of valid votes), but was defeated by the current governor, (Republicans), who could seek re-election in 2026.
In the PT, the assessment is that the minister’s candidacy is strategic to strengthen President Lula’s platform in the country’s largest electoral college.
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The PT member has been in charge of the Ministry of Finance since January 2023, at the beginning of Lula’s current term.
Dario Durigan, current executive secretary of Finance, should take his place. In January of this year, Haddad, who already considered his departure certain, asked Lula for the secretary to be his successor in the ministry.
The fact that he is a trusted name weighed in on the choice of Durigan, who, at times, served as head of the department on an interim basis. Durigan worked with Haddad at São Paulo City Hall, from 2015 to 2016, when he served as special advisor to the then mayor.
