Fernando Haddad follows Lula's vote and keeps his agenda on election day in São Paulo

Before voting, Haddad accompanied, together with Geraldo Alckmin, candidate for vice-president, Marcio França, candidate for vice-governor, and the candidates for the Senate for São Paulo Marina Silva and Simone Tebet, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, candidate for re-election by the PT, at the president's polling place, in São Bernardo do Campo (SP).

The candidate for state government will also follow the vote of Geraldo Alckmin, candidate for vice-president, in the West Zone of São Paulo.

In the late afternoon, Haddad will follow the counting of the first round at a hotel in the Av. Paulista region.

The candidate for the São Paulo government took part in a walk between Avenida Paulista and Praça Roosevelt, in the central region of the capital, on the last day allowed for campaign events before the vote.

The capital played a central role in the final stretch of the campaigns. São Paulo is the largest electoral college in the country, with 34.1 million voters, and concentrates an important portion of the electorate in the Southeast.

Haddad is running again for governor of São Paulo. In 2022, he reached the second round of the state election, but was defeated by Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans).

Candidate for the government of São Paulo for the second time, Fernando Haddad (PT) left the Ministry of Finance in March 2026 to run again for Palácio dos Bandeirantes. In 2022, he reached the second round of the state election, but was defeated by Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), who is now seeking re-election.

Affiliated to the PT since the 1980s, Haddad has a degree in Law, a master's degree in Economics and a doctorate in Philosophy from the University of São Paulo (USP), where he also became a professor. In the early 2000s, he entered public administration as Undersecretary of Finance at São Paulo City Hall, during Marta Suplicy's administration, and later worked at the Ministry of Planning.

Haddad gained national prominence when he took over the Ministry of Education during the first government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He remained at the head of the department for almost seven years, also going through part of Dilma Rousseff's government.

In 2012, he contested his first election and won the race for Mayor of São Paulo. Four years later, he sought re-election, but was defeated in the first round by João Doria. In 2018, after Lula was prevented from running for President, Haddad took over the PT candidacy and reached the second round, in which he was defeated by Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

After the defeat to Tarcísio in the 2022 São Paulo election, Haddad took over the Ministry of Finance at the beginning of Lula's third term, in January 2023. At the head of the ministry, he became one of the main members of the government and responsible for conducting economic policy. He remained in the position until March 2026, when he left the ministry to run for governor of São Paulo for the second time.