The fact that those who will run for other positions in October changed the correlation of forces between the parties, boosting right-wing and center-right parties.
The movement of pre-candidates redefined the electoral board in the states, with an impact on the formation of platforms of (), () and () for the presidential elections.
Survey of Sheet points out that 11 governors and 20 mayors left their positions until this Saturday (4) to enter the race for the Presidency, governments and.
The PSD, which in 2022 elected only (Paraná) and Fábio Mitidieri (Sergipe), jumped to 6 governors with the new members, becoming the party with the largest number of governors.
In addition to attracting the governors of Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul and Rondônia, the party took over Minas Gerais with . The second largest electoral college in the country, the state is considered strategic for the national election.
Even with a strong presence in the states, the PSD is far from achieving unity around Ronaldo Caiado. While governors in the Northeast seek bridges with Lula, others are inclined to endorse the candidacies of Flávio Bolsonaro and .
The division is replicated in other center-right parties that advanced in the states after the resignations. The PP jumped from 2 to 4 governors with the rise of Lucas Ribeiro, in Paraíba, and Celina Leão, in , after the resignation of the incumbents.
In Paraíba, the party is close to Lula and seeks formal support from the PT for state succession. In the Federal District, Mato Grosso do Sul and Acre, the party is moving towards closing alliances with the PL.
There was also a jump from 2 to 4 governors with the inauguration of Daniel Vilela in Goiás and Ricardo Ferraço in Espírito Santo. The party even strengthened in São Paulo with, who left the PSD.
The PT remains with four governors after Fátima Bezerra’s decision not to resign from the Government of Rio Grande do Norte. He no longer commands Espírito Santo and Paraíba, whose governors left office to run for the Senate.
Among the 27 current governors, 18 will run for re-election, including 10 who were vice-presidents and have just assumed the position permanently. The scenario points to one who took over as governor — all of them will compete for succession.
In two states, governor and vice president left office. This was the case in Amazonas, where governor Wilson Lima (União Brasil) and vice Tadeu de Souza (PP) resigned around 11pm this Saturday (4), in a move that surprised the local political class.
Lima will be a candidate for the Senate and Souza will run for federal deputy. The government will be temporarily assumed by the president of the Legislative Assembly, Roberto Cidade (União Brasil).
Rio de Janeiro faces a scenario of and is governed on an interim basis by judge Ricardo Couto. (PL) resigned to run for the Senate, but was revoked by the (Superior Electoral Court). Vice Thiago Pampolha had already resigned in 2025.
The correlation of forces also changed in the municipalities. At least 20 mayors resigned to run for government, vice president or the Senate.
It remains the party with the most city halls in the capitals. The party reached six mayors with the interim Pedro DaLua, a councilor who took over Macapá City Hall after Dr. Furlan (PSD) was removed in a decision by the Federal Supreme Court in March.
Even out of office, Furlan resigned his mandate to run for Government of Amapá against governor Clécio Luís, who was elected by Solidariedade and migrated to União Brasil.
Podemos was the party that grew the most and reached four capital city halls, with the membership of Topázio Neto, mayor of Florianópolis who left the PSD after clashes with the party, and with the rise of Rodrigo Cunha, who took over the City Hall with the resignation of mayor JHC.
On the other hand, the PL lost the most space. The party had five mayors, but no longer commands three capitals. JHC, from Maceió, and Tião Bocalom, from , migrated to Brazil after internal conflicts in the party.
Bocalom will continue to align with Bolsonarism and run for government. JHC, in turn, moved away from federal deputy Arthur Lira (PP), pre-candidate for senator. The former mayor has not defined whether he is running for government or the Senate and remains secretive about his alliances.
In , Mayor Emília Corrêa will not run in the election in October, but migrated with her entire group to .
PC do B returns to command a capital, after a six-year hiatus, with the inauguration of Victor Marques, vice-mayor of the city, who took over the position definitively with the resignation of (PSB).
The musical chairs also caused the number of women in charge of capital city halls to rise from 2 to 4. Cris Samorini (PP) began to govern Vitória with the resignation of mayor Lorenzo Pazolini (Republicans), who will run for the Government of Espírito Santo.
In , Esmênia Miranda (PSD) took over the mayorship with the resignation of Eduardo Braide (PSD) to run for the Government of Maranhão. She will be the first black woman to assume the role of São Luís City Hall — in the late 1970s, councilor Lia Varella was interim mayor.
Another nine mayors of interior cities resigned to run for majority positions. Allysson Bezerra (União Brasil) left the City Hall of Mossoró, the second largest city in the state, to run for Government of Rio Grande do Norte.
Marília Campos (PT), mayor of Contagem, left her position to run for senator in Minas. The candidacy follows the party’s strategy of trying to expand its bench in the Senate.
The mayors who took office following the resignations of the incumbents will command the cities until the end of 2028.
