The former mayor of () appears in the lead in the race for government of , according to a Datafolha survey released this Thursday (16).
In the stimulated scenario, in which the candidates’ names are presented to voters, it accounts for 50% of voting intentions, while governor Raquel Lyra (PSD) records 38%. The difference between the two is 12 percentage points.
Next, state deputies Eduardo Moura (Novo) and Ivan Moraes (PSOL) appear with 3% and 1%, respectively.
Voters who declare a blank, invalid vote or who did not know how to respond make up 10% in the survey.
. At the time, João Campos had 47% of voting intentions, while Raquel Lyra appeared with 35%, maintaining a distance equal to the current one.
In the spontaneous scenario, when the names are not presented to the interviewees, Raquel Lyra appears with 28% of voting intentions, while João Campos registers 26%. Other names are mentioned residually, and 36% of those interviewed said they did not know who to vote for.
The survey also measured the rejection of candidates. Ivan Moraes and João Campos are the most cited as those for whom voters would not vote at all, both with 39%. Raquel Lyra has a rejection rate of 29%.
The research was carried out through face-to-face interviews between April 13th and 15th, with 1,022 people aged 16 or over in Pernambuco.
The survey is registered with the Superior Electoral Court under number PE-04713/2026, has a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of three percentage points plus or minus.
João Campos resigned from the mayor’s office on April 2 and formed an alliance with senator Humberto Costa (), who will seek re-election, and the former deputy (), who will also run for the Senate.
Raquel Lyra received support for her re-election attempt. The agreement was signed at a meeting in Brasília with party leaders, including the national president of the PSD, Gilberto Kassab, and the president of União Brasil in Pernambuco and former mayor of Petrolina Miguel Coelho, who is a pre-candidate for the Senate.
The governor must have federal deputy Túlio Gadelha in the second vacancy for the Senate race. He joined the PSD and launched his pre-candidacy in Caruaru, at an event with Raquel Lyra.
In the opposition camp, senator() announced the pre-candidacy of Anderson Ferreira (PL) for the Senate for Pernambuco. Former mayor of Jaboatão dos Guararapes and former federal deputy, Ferreira has already run for state government in 2022.
In Flávio’s notes, as demonstrated by the Sheet, despite its proximity to . The draft notes indicated that the governor would support deputy Mendonça Filho for the Senate and that he could exchange União Brasil for the PL.
Governor and mayor compete for Lula’s platform in the elections. , if he remains neutral in the dispute for the Pernambuco government. She wants the president not to support any candidate for the state Executive or to declare that he has two platforms in the state, hers and João Campos’.
Lula, in turn, is pressured by the PSB to work only for the candidacy of Campos, who presides over the party. The mayor.
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