The list of preliminary candidates for mayor of Rio Verde is relatively long. Not everyone will be candidates—and some may even be vices—and other candidates may emerge over time. Elections will be held in a year and 11 months. But articulations have already begun, and politicians are trying to publicly expose their names. After all, those who have not been seen are not remembered.

The dispute in Rio Verde will be mainly between a candidate who will preserve and expand the legacy of Mayor Paulo do Vale from União Brasil, and a candidate who intends precisely to reject this legacy, betting on change, on a change of power.

There are at least two names on the base of Paulo do Vale: Dannillo Pereira, his deputy mayor and deputy federal deputy, and physician Wellington Carrijo. It seems clear that only one of them will be a candidate. The opposition has five names, but the trend is that the bottleneck is limited to two or three names.

The following list is in alphabetical order, not in favoritism.

one

Dannillo Pereira/PSD

The Deputy Mayor is in charge of the soybean and corn industries in Rio Verde and Parauna. This year he ran for federal deputies and was the first deputy. He received an exceptional number of votes in the municipality (28,094 votes, 28.56%), far ahead of Marusa Boldrin. He is pointed out as an uncharismatic but responsible politician. He is closely associated with the mayor, Paulo do Vale.

Godfather: Paulo do Vale.

2

Heuler Cruvinel/Patriot

Owner of a construction company and active in the real estate industry, he is also a top-notch livestock breeder. He was a federal deputy for two terms and was never elected mayor of Rio Verde (starts well, ends badly). He was frustrated with politics, his former muse, but this year he agreed to be Gustavo Mendaña’s Patriots’ running mate, and they received a vote considered negligible, less than 26% of the actual vote.

Despite being a minor on the campaign trail, allies say he plans to run for mayor of Rio Verde. It will express support for Dr. Osvaldo Fonseca Junior of the Patriots, who ran for mayor on the MDB in 2020 and was defeated by Paulo do Vale. Fonseca Jr.’s father he was his chief of staff in Brazil for eight years.

The fact that he is considered a seasonal politician weakens his campaign project.

Godfather: Osvaldo Fonseca Junior.

3

Carlos Cabral/PSB

Re-elected as a state deputy, he is an eloquent politician with a good image in the municipality. He fights on the left, but moderately. He will only be a candidate if the PSD’s Lissauer Vieira coordinates his campaign. It is currently the name of the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly for Local Dispute.

The city politician says the following: “Lissauer Vieira is stronger in the media in Goiania than among the voters in Rio Verde. But it is possible that he will nominate a candidate solely and exclusively to oppose Paulo do Vale. In public, the deputy even praises the municipal manager. Personally, he does not respect the mayor. Carlos Cabral is a good man, but if he runs against the heavyweights of the situation and the opposition, he won’t stand a chance of being elected. However, put your name on the agenda. In politics, you must be remembered.”

Godfather: Lissauer Vieira.

four

Marussa Boldrin/MDB

An acting councillor, she was elected as a federal deputy in her first competition. It is articulated and has expressive support. Federal MP José Mario Schreiner – President of the Federation of Agriculture of the State of Goiás (Faeg) – and Isaac Portillo, both from the MDB, support him.

It should be noted that Faeg can demand that he stay in the Chamber of Deputies, working for projects that benefit rural producers (farmers and ranchers). There is also the problem that the MDB, through Daniel Vilela and Paulo do Vale, have strengthened their political relations in Rio Verde. So much so that the mayor’s son, Lucas do Vale, was elected MDB’s state deputy with a landslide vote. In Rio Verde alone, he received 36,826 votes (36.52%).

Since she is young and active, she may run for mayor. But, as mentioned above, it depends on the coordination of the MBR with the mayor. After all, Daniel Vilela is to be a candidate for governor in 2026 and will need the support of the political structure of Paulo do Vale in the fourth most voted municipality in Goiás.

God-parentsStory by: Isaac Portillo and José Mario Schreiner.

5

Osvaldo Fonseca Jr./Patriot

Gustavo Mendaña complained that during his Osvaldo Fonseca campaign, Júnior disappeared as soon as he realized that governor Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil) would win in the first round.

In 2020, he received a good vote for mayor thanks to the active support of the MDB. However, in 2022, he abandoned Daniel Vilela’s MDB, choosing to support Mendanha as governor. Despite his silence, he left the 2022 elections less than in 2020, when he lost to Paulo do Vale.

He is considered a fickle politician, not prone to compromise. If Hoyler Kruvinel is a candidate, he usually becomes his deputy. If an ex-deputy drops out of the race, he must put himself up as a candidate for mayor. His problem is that he no longer has a party – “Patriot” is a kind of “NGO” without any structure.

They joke about Fonseca Jr.: “As a politician, he is a good doctor. And as a doctor, he is a bad politician.”

Godfather: Hoyler Cruvinel.

6

Professor Wawa/PT

Appointed as a respectable figure in the PT, Master is running for mayor in 2020. It is more suitable to designate a position, since the PT in the municipality does not have a proper structure for a majority dispute.

Godfather: Rubens Othoni, federal deputy.

7

Wellington Carrijo

Doctor, is considered one of the strong names in the health sector of Rio Verde. He is young, eloquent and charismatic.

Demonstrating the ability to formulate if he will compete, he will be supported by Dr. Juraci Martins, the former mayor of the municipality (who does not support the duo of Hoyler Kruvinel and Osvaldo Fonseca Jr. or that the cow coughs in Russian or in Ukrainian).

His supporters say that despite belonging to a political power group, he represents the new.

He is being cited to take over as state health minister.

God-parents: Paulo do Vale and Lucas do Vale.