PSOL Joins Race to Recruit Marina Silva as Rede Rift Deepens

PSOL's bid reflects a strategy to elevate its national standing by fielding marquee Senate contenders in São Paulo.

Overview

PSOL is actively courting Environment Minister Marina Silva to run for the Senate in São Paulo, with outreach led by Guilherme Boulos and Juliano Medeiros, according to Estadão.
PT and PSB are also seeking to recruit Marina, who previously served in both parties, creating a multi-party contest for her affiliation.
Unnamed sources cited by Estadão say Marina’s exit from Rede is imminent following tensions with Heloísa Helena, after Marina’s faction lost Rede’s April leadership contest and briefly pursued legal remedies.
Heloísa Helena, now in the Chamber as Glauber Braga’s substitute, told O Globo she doubts Marina will leave Rede and criticized what she called the PT’s drive for hegemony.
A Real Time Big Data poll from early December shows a São Paulo Senate scenario with Fernando Haddad at 19%, Guilherme Derrite at 18%, Marina at 12%, and Coronel Mello Araújo and Ricardo Salles at 11%, within a three-point margin of error.