Carlos Sampaio considers running for Mayor of Campinas in 2028: 'I thought about it again' Federal deputy Carlos Sampaio (PSD) stated this Tuesday (14) that he could run as a candidate for Mayor of Campinas (SP) in 2028 if there is an agreement with the current mayor, Dário Saadi (Republicans). Dário can no longer be re-elected as he is in his second term. Sampaio, who is a pre-candidate for federal deputy in the 2026 elections, tried to be elected mayor in three elections: 2000, 2004 and 2008. In the first, he was defeated by Antônio da Costa Santos, PT's Toninho. In the other two, Helio de Oliveira, then in the PDT, was elected. In 2026, the deputy tries to be elected to the Federal Chamber for the seventh time. Carlão admits that, if elected, he could leave his role in two years to run for mayor. "I'm being very frank, because the other times people asked me, I said: 'There's no chance, because I'm fulfilling a role as a federal deputy that makes me very happy and I want to continue fulfilling it.' But if in two years we realize that, in fact, this path of taking care of Campinas again is an important path for the PSD and, particularly, for the city, I am open to being that name", he said. Alliance with Dário Saadi Federal deputy Carlos Sampaio is a pre-candidate for re-election in 2026 Jefferson Souza/EPTV The condition imposed by Carlão Sampaio is Dário Saadi's agreement. The current mayor was elected in 2020 and then in 2024 - in the latter in the first round, with 66.77%. "If a candidacy from us came, it would be with his [Dário's] agreement, with a joint thought with him, to see what would be best for Campinas to succeed him", says Sampaio. "I want to think that the PSD can be. this name [in the elections for mayor in 2028] and it may have a name, and mine may be a name that I no longer came up with, but now, because I am in great demand by candidates for councilor, by possible candidates for mayor, who see me as a good perspective within this concept of balance, of common sense, of sensibility, so to speak, I have effectively thought about it again", says Sampaio. Polarization Carlos Sampaio has a firm and systematic position against the left. The dispute with PT and possible allies occurs both at the municipal level, when he tried to be elected mayor, and at the federal level - when consistently criticizing the Lula, Dilma and Lula governments again. Asked about the position in a dispute between Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula, Sampaio says that "I would vote for Bolsonaro, without a shadow of a doubt". It's not good for the country. I think that balance, common sense, dialogue must always exist." "I'm not going to change my convictions by talking to someone from PSOL or PT. On the contrary, it is a recognition that I have that we can move forward. I don't have an enemy, I have a political opponent who thinks differently than me", he added. VIDEOS: everything about Campinas and the region See more news about the region on g1 Campinas