2026 São Paulo gubernatorial election
4 October 2026 (first round)
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2 October 2022 (one-only round)
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State elections will be held in São Paulo on 4 October 2026. Voters will elect a Governor, Vice Governor, two Senators, 70 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 94 Legislative Assembly members. If no candidate for president or governor receives a majority of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election is held on 25 October.
Incumbent governor Tarcísio de Freitas of the Republicans, elected in 2022 with 55.27% of the vote, is currently running for reelection. Incumbent senators Mara Gabrilli of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Alexandre Giordano of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) are also eligible to run for reelection.
Background
Election procedure
Governor
Incumbent governor Tarcísio de Freitas of the Republicans was elected in 2022 with 55.27% of the vote, defeating Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party, a former mayor of São Paulo and presidential candidate in 2018. De Freitas, a former military engineering officer appointed Minister of Infrastructure in 2019 by President Jair Bolsonaro, was supported by a right-wing coalition which platformed his first run for elected office. His close alliance with Gilberto Kassab of the PSD, a former mayor of São Paulo, was confirmed by his selection of vice governor candidate, former São José dos Campos mayor Felicio Ramuth, a member of Kassab's party.
Senator
Senators in Brazil serve an 8 year term, meaning the incumbents were elected on tickets in 2018.
Mara Gabrilli, a quadrapeligic psychologist and former Federal Deputy elected as a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) in a coalition with João Doria in 2018, has since joined Kassab's PSD, after her failed run for the Vice Presidency on Simone Tebet's third way ticket in 2022.[1]
Alexandre Giordano, an entrepreneur and former Green Party (PV) member, was elected as the first alternate of Major Olímpio in 2018. He joined the Social Liberal Party (PSL) to support the ticket, which centered around Olímpio's evangelical faith and alliance with the successful PSL presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. After Olímpio's death in 2021 from COVID-19, Giordano assumed his position joining the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement.[1]
Gubernatorial candidates
Declared candidates
Republicans
Possible candidates
Republicans
Brazilian Socialist Party
Senatorial candidates
References
- ^ a b "Senadores por UF - Senado Federal". www25.senado.leg.br. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ^ "Tarcísio descarta disputar Presidência em 2026 e aposta em reeleição" [Tarcísio rules out running for president in 2026 and bets on reelection]. CNN Brasil (in Portuguese). 17 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.