The 2022 São Paulo state election took place in the state of

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, Brazil on 2 October 2022 and 30 October 2022 (second round, if necessary). Voters elected a Governor, Vice Governor, one Senator, 70 representatives for the

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, and 94 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor, Rodrigo Garcia, of the

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(PSDB), was eligible for a second term and ran for reelection. Garcia was elected Vice Governor in 2018 and took office as the governor on 1 April 2022, with the resignation of the incumbent

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, due to his then candidacy for the Presidency of Republic, which he ended up withdrawing on 23 May 2022. Garcia was defeated on his reelection bid and Tarcísio de Freitas was elected as governor of São Paulo, ending the 28 year consecutive rule of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party on the state. For the election to the

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, the seat occupied by the incumbent senator

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(

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) since 2015, was at dispute, but he decided to run for a seat at the

. However, he wasn't elected.

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, a member of the

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, was elected to replace Serra in the Federal Senate. The governor and vice governor elected in this election will serve a term that is a few days longer. This is due to Constitutional Amendment No. 111, which amended the

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and stipulated that the mandate of elected governors will begin on 1 January 2023 and end on 6 January 2027.

Electoral calendar

Legislative Assembly

The result of the last state election and the current situation in the

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is given below:

Gubernatorial candidates

The party conventions began on July 20 and will continue until 5 August. The following political parties have already confirmed their candidacies. Political parties have until 15 August 2022 to formally register their candidates.

Candidates in runoff

Candidates failing to make runoff

Withdrawn candidates

Arthur do Val Arthur Moledo do Val (born 21 August 1986 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian politician, activist member of Free Brazil Movement, YouTuber and entrepreneur. In the 2018 Brazilian general election, he was elected State Deputy of São Paulo as member of ...

( UNIÃO) -

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2019–2022; candidate for

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. He was a potential candidate for governor affiliated to Podemos (PODE). He withdrew his candidacy on 5 March 2022 after the negative repercussion of his leaked audios with sexist statements about Ukrainian refugees. *

Guilherme Boulos Guilherme Castro Boulos (; born 19 June 1982) is a Brazilian politician, activist and writer. He is a member of the National Coordination of Homeless Workers' Movement (MTST). Boulos joined the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) in 2018, and w ...

( PSOL) - Born in

in 1982. Social activist, coordinator of the

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, professor and writer. Candidate for President in

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and for Mayor of São Paulo in

. He withdrew his candidacy for governor on 21 March 2022 to become a candidate for federal deputy for

. * Paulo Skaf (

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) - President of CIESP (2007–2021) and President of FIESP (2004–2021). Skaf automatically left the race for the state government by joining the Republicans, whose candidate for the government is the former Minister of Infrastructure,

Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas Tarcisio or Tarcísio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti (1899–1972), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *Tarcisio Bertone (born 1934), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *Tarcisio Catanese (1967–2 ...

. Skaf was considered to be the running mate on Tarcísio's ticket or candidate for the

instead of TV presenter and journalist José Luiz Datena ( PSC). * Mariana Conti ( PSOL) -

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(since 2020). Sociologist and doctoral student in political science at the

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(Unicamp). She withdrew her candidacy on 24 June 2022, after failing to reach an agreement on a

Socialism and Liberty Party The Socialism and Liberty Party (, ; PSOL ) is a left-wing political party in Brazil. The party describes itself as socialist and democratic. The party leader is Paula Coradi and the federal deputies Ivan Valente, Talíria Petrone, Sâmi ...

candidacy for the Government of the State of São Paulo. This decision was taken because the party leadership has an interest into supporting the candidacy of

Fernando Haddad Fernando Haddad (; born 25 January 1963) is a Brazilian scholar, lawyer and politician who has served as the Brazilian Minister of Finance since 1 January 2023. He was previously the mayor of São Paulo from 2013 to 2017 and the Brazilian mini ...

from the

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(PT). * Felício Ramuth ( PSD) - Mayor of

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2017–2022; former Municipal Secretary of Transports and Communication Planning Advisor of São José dos Campos. The president of the

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Gilberto Kassab Gilberto Kassab (; born 12 August 1960) is a Brazilian politician and former mayor of São Paulo. His term ended in 2012. A civil engineer and economist, one of the most famous Brazilians of Lebanese descent, Kassab took over from José Serra, a ...

sealed an agreement with the president of

, Marcos Pereira, for the party's support to the candidacy of

. Ramuth became the possible running mate of Tarcísio's ticket after this decision. *

Márcio França Márcio Luiz França Gomes (born 23 June 1963) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), and former governor and vice governor of São Paulo, elected with Geraldo Alckmin in 2014. França assumed the off ...

(

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) -

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2018–2019; Vice Governor of

2015–2018; State Secretary of Development of

2015–2018; State Secretary of Sports, Leisure and Tourism of

2011–2015;

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from

2007–2011; Mayor of São Vicente 1997–2005; City Councillor of São Vicente 1989–1997. On a video posted on his social media, França withdrew his candidacy after he made a promise where he said he would support the candidacy that held the best chances on the progressive camp based on opinion polls for the government of São Paulo. As

has been leading the polls since

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decided to leave the dispute to be the running mate on Lula's presidential ticket, França said that he'll fulfill his promise by withdrawing his gubernatorial candidacy. Soon after, he declared support for Haddad's candidacy, and there has been some speculation of a senate run on the

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's coalition. * Abraham Weintraub ( PMB) - Minister of Education of Brazil 2019–2020 and

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Executive Director from the 15th district 2020–22. During the party's convention, Weintraub said that the conservative right don't have a "voice" and that's why he decided to become a candidate for federal deputy for

. File:Arthur do Val (cropped).jpg, alt=State Deputy from São Paulo Arthur do Val (UNIÃO)(2019–2022), State Deputy of

( UNIÃO)
(2019–2022) File:Guilherme Boulos em São Paulo (cropped).jpg, Social activist and coordinator of the

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( PSOL) File:2019 Jantar em homenagem ao Senhor Presidente da República, oferecido pelo Senhor Paulo Skaf, Presidente da Federação de Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP) (cropped).jpg, President of FIESP
Paulo Skaf (

)
(2004–2021) File:Márcio França discursa no PSB (cropped).jpg, Governor of

(

)
(2018–2019) File:Abraham Weintraub em maio de 2019.jpg, Minister of Education of Brazil
Abraham Weintraub ( PMB)
(2019–2020) File:2024-08-16 Largada Mariana Conti, 03.jpg,

from

Mariana Conti ( PSOL)
(2016–2020)

Senatorial candidates

The party conventions began on 20 July and will continue until 5 August 2022. The following political parties have already confirmed their candidacies. Political parties have until 15 August 2022 to formally register their candidates.

Confirmed candidates

Rejected candidacies

Sergio Moro Sergio Fernando Moro (; born 1 August 1972) is a Brazilian jurist, former federal judge, college professor, and politician. He was elected as a member of the Federal Senate for Paraná in October 2022. In 2015, he gained national attention as ...

( UNIÃO) -

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of the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF-4) 1996–2018 and

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in the

Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamb ...

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(2019–2020). He was a potential candidate for the

in the state of

, but the Regional Electoral Court of São Paulo (TRE-SP) rejected the transfer of voting domicile, on the grounds that the former judge didn't have a professional relationship with the State. He can appeal to the

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(TSE), but decided to run for the Senate representing the state of Paraná. * Paulo Skaf (

) - President of CIESP (2007–2021) and President of FIESP (2004–2021). He was one of the possible names for the Senate race in the state of São Paulo. However, the Republicans convention decided to support

' candidacy. *

Nise Yamaguchi Nise Hitomi Yamaguchi (Maringá, May 6, 1959) is a Brazilian physician with the American ECFMG-ES tests. She has a master's degree in immunology and a doctorate in oncology clinical medicine, and is an international speaker for matters of healt ...

( PROS) - Oncologist and immunologist, university professor. Her party officially endorsed

and

, joining the ''Together for São Paulo'' coalition. Yamaguchi filed a lawsuit in the electoral justice for an independent candidacy, awaiting decision. File:Abertura do ano judiciário - Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) (cropped).jpg,

( UNIÃO) File:2019 Jantar em homenagem ao Senhor Presidente da República, oferecido pelo Senhor Paulo Skaf, Presidente da Federação de Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (FIESP) (cropped).jpg, President of FIESP
Paulo Skaf (

)
(2004–2021) File:Congreso Futuro - 2019-01-15 - 09.jpg, Oncologist and immunologist

( PROS)

Withdrawn candidacies

* José Luiz Datena ( PSC) - TV presenter and journalist. He announced the withdrawal of his candidacy for the Federal Senate and said that his decision was influenced by attacks from radical groups. * Arthur Weintraub ( PMB) - Special advisor to the Presidency of the Republic (2019–20) and Secretary of Multidimensional Security at the

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(OAS) 2020–2022. He withdrew his candidacy for the Senate and decided to be a candidate for

. *

Cristiane Brasil Cristiane Brasil Francisco, commonly known as Cristiane Brasil (born 21 December 1973), is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB), had been Federal Deputy, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro b ...

( PTB) - Federal Deputy from

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(2015–19). She withdrew her candidacy for the Senate, decided to be a candidate for

and endorsed former minister

( PL). *

Heni Ozi Cukier Heni Ozi Cukier, also known as ''Professor HOC'' (born 29 January 1977 in São Paulo) is a political scientist, professor, writer and public speaker. In 2018 Heni was elected state legislator to serve a 4-year term at the State Legislative Assem ...

( PODE) -

(2019–2023). With the formalization of the national alliance between Podemos,

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and the

, Cukier ended up losing space on Rodrigo Garcia's ticket, who preferred to accommodate other names of allied parties. With this scenario, the deputy ended up giving up his candidacy to run for the Chamber of Deputies. File:Datena (cortado).jpg, TV presenter and journalist
Datena ( PSC) File:Foto de Cristiane Brasil.jpg, Federal Deputy from

( PTB)
(2015–2019) File:Heni Ozi Cukier.jpg,

( PODE)
(2019–2023)

Debate list

For the first time in the Brazilian general elections since

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, television and radio stations, newspapers and news websites group themselves into pools to hold gubernatorial debates, by request of the campaigns in order to reduce the number of debates scheduled for the 2022 elections. As of 29 August 2022, the following presidential debates were held or scheduled (times in UTC−03:00):

Opinion polls

Governor

First round

The first round is scheduled to take place on 2 October 2022. 2022 2021

Second round

The second round (if necessary) is scheduled to take place on 30 October 2022. 2022 ''Haddad vs. Tarcísio de Freitas'' ''Haddad vs. Garcia'' ''Tarcísio de Freitas vs. Garcia''

Hypothetical scenarios with Márcio França

Senator

2022 2021

Results

Governor

Senator

Chamber of Deputies

Legislative Assembly

Notes

References

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