Elections 2026: see who the pre-candidates for Senate are in PA

See who the pre-candidates for Senate are in PA. Disclosure With less than 100 days left until the first round of the 2026 general elections, scheduled for October 4, Pará has at least 10 pre-candidacies for the Federal Senate. See the list below. ? The senator's term lasts eight years, equivalent to two legislatures, and each state, in addition to the Federal District, has three representatives in the House. In 2026, the terms of two of the three senators elected by Pará will come to an end. Therefore, each voter will be able to vote twice for the Senate in the first round. In the state, senators Jader Barbalho (MDB) and Zequinha Marinho (PODE) are among those ending their terms in this legislature. ? Click and follow the g1 PA channel on WhatsApp The names that will compete for the position still need to be made official at party conventions, which will take place between July 20th and August 5th. ?? The deadline for registering candidacies at the Electoral Court is August 15th. Until that date, all names are considered "pre-candidates", and the scenario may change. In alphabetical order, see the pre-candidates for the Senate for Pará: Celso Sabino (PDT) Chicão (União Brasil) Éder Mauro (PL) Gal Leite (UP) Gizelle Freitas (PSOL) Helder Barbalho (MDB) Lívia Noronha (SOLIDARITY) Marcelino Conti (PSOL) Orleans Santos (REDE) Zequinha Marinho (PODEMOS) Celso Sabino (PDT) Celso Sabino (PDT). Disclosure Celso Sabino is a former state deputy and current second-term federal deputy. The former Minister of Tourism in the Lula government worked at COP 30 and in the development of the tourism sector in the Amazon. In the Senate, the pre-candidate states that he wants to work for the integration of the Amazon into national development, the reduction of inequalities and the construction of a fairer and more sovereign Brazil for workers. Chicão (UNIÃO BRASIL) Chicão (União Brasil). Disclosure Francisco Melo (Chicão) is a state deputy, president of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Pará (Alepa) and state president of União Brasil. With more than 30 years of public life, he held the positions of councilor, president of the Chamber of Ananindeua, vice-mayor, Secretary of State for Public Works and Secretary of State for Transport. At the head of Alepa, the pre-candidate states that he expanded the itinerant sessions and promoted structural and technological improvements that brought Parliament closer to the population. He has a master's degree in Fundamental Rights from Unama and a doctorate in Law from the University of Salamanca. Éder Mauro (PL) Éder Mauro (PL). Disclosure Éder Mauro is from Pará, married, Civil Police delegate for more than 30 years and federal deputy for the Liberal Party (PL), currently in his third term. Born in Belém, he graduated in law and passed the competitions for federal delegate and prosecutor. Elected federal deputy in 2014, he was re-elected in 2018 and 2022. In the Chamber of Deputies, he works in the areas of public safety, health, education, infrastructure and development of Pará. He is the author and rapporteur of projects aimed at combating drugs, strengthening security, protecting property, supporting entrepreneurship and defending conservative agendas. Gal Leite (UP) Gal Leite (UP). Disclosure Gal Leite is 62 years old and for more than half of his life he dedicated himself to the union struggle. She is a retired employee of Funpapa, the body responsible for social assistance in Belém. She is currently organized in the Class Struggle Movement (MLC), in which she is the representative of the North in the national leadership. He is president of the SUAS Workers' Union (SINTSUAS) through which he fights against the precariousness of public services and social assistance. Gal was born and raised in the Jurunas neighborhood and graduated in pedagogy at UFPA. Gizelle Freitas (PSOL) Gizelle Freitas (PSOL). Disclosure Gizelle Freitas is a social worker, master and doctoral student in Social Work at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and specialist in African and Afro-Brazilian Knowledge in the Amazon. She was a councilor in Belém for the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) and has been active in social movements for over 20 years. She is one of the organizers of the March 8 marches in Belém, is part of the PSOL National Women's Executive and is a member of the Frente Feminista Pará. Gizelle Freitas says she wants to represent popular agendas, strengthen democracy and defend the rights of women, the black population, the people of the Amazon and the working class. Helder Barbalho (MDB) Helder Barbalho (MDB). Disclosure Helder Zahluth Barbalho is married, born in Belém and born on May 18, 1979. He graduated in administration from Unama and has a postgraduate degree in public management from FGV. Elected governor of Pará for the first time in 2018, he was re-elected in 2022. He was President of the Interstate Consortium for Sustainable Development of the Legal Amazon, with three consecutive terms. In 2025, he hosted COP30 in Belém. Before being elected governor, he was minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, chief minister of the National Secretariat of Ports and minister of National Integration in Brazil. In 2000, Helder was a councilor for Ananindeua. In the 2002 elections, he was elected state deputy. In 2004, he was elected mayor of Ananindeua, being re-elected in 2008. Lívia Noronha (SOLIDARIETY) Lívia Noronha (Solidarity) Disclosure Lívia Noronha is a professor, philosopher and master in Philosophy from UFPA. Born in the Industrial District of Ananindeua, she was elected with 27,098 votes. Created a free popular course to expand young people's access to higher education. She was also coordinator of the Belém Women's Coordination. She was municipal secretary of Human Rights in Ananindeua, where she implemented the first Hotline and strengthened policies for traditional communities and people of African origin. The pre-candidate says that her focus is on confronting the concentration of power in Pará, in defense of workers, women, traditional peoples and the Amazon Marcelino Conti (PSOL) Marcelino Conti (PSOL). Disclosure Scientist and researcher Conti Marcelino, director of UFF in Oriximiná, is 62 years old. With 31 years of public service and post-doctorate, he has experience in public management. He was municipal secretary and state director of technical qualifications. It fights against prejudice, religious intolerance and racism. He coordinated research and extension and social training actions in the outskirts, villages and quilombola and riverside communities in 38 municipalities in Pará. He defends the standing forest as wealth and the use of social technologies to bring development to the state. Orleans Santos (NETWORK) Orleans Santos (NETWORK). Disclosure Orleans Santos is former Secretary of Agriculture and Supply of the Municipality of Marituba, lawyer, businessman and president of Rede Sustentabilidade in the municipality of Marituba, in the Metropolitan Region of Belém (RMB). The pre-candidate for the senate from Pará argues that it is possible to reconcile economic development, freedom, independence between powers and environmental preservation. Zequinha Marinho (WE CAN) Zequinha Marinho (We CAN). Andressa Anholete Zequinha Marinho was born in Araguacema (TO). He is an evangelist at the Assembly of God, graduated in pedagogy from Uepa and has a degree in theology. He began his career in Conceição do Araguaia, working as a businessman, accounting technician, public servant and employee at Banco da Amazônia. He entered politics in 1997 as a state deputy, re-elected in 1998. In 2002, he was elected federal deputy, and re-elected in 2006 and 2010. In 2014, he became vice-governor of Pará. In 2018, he was elected senator. In the Senate, he works to defend sustainable development, the productive sector, infrastructure and family values. He has already chaired the Joint Committee on Climate Change and currently chairs the Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (CRA). READ ALSO: see pre-candidates for government and Senate in 26 states and DF VIDEOS: see all the news from Pará Check out other news from the state on g1 PA