Allies and even opponents of (-BA) believe that he should maintain his candidacy when he was the target of a Federal Police operation this Thursday (18).
The reason is that Wagner today has total control over the PT directory in Bahia, which leaves him in a comfortable position to continue as a candidate for a new term.
The loss for him would be different, in the assessment of an opponent: even before the case, he had already been appearing behind former minister Rui Costa (PT) in polls, in second place.
In other words, the understanding now is that the opposition could have a chance of electing at least one candidate along with Costa. Competing for this field are former minister João Roma (PL) and senator Angelo Coronel (Republicans).
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