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Cadu de Lula

Cadu de Lula

Carlos Eduardo Xavier, who runs under the ballot name Cadu de Lula, was born in 1978.

Born
1978
Party
Workers' Party
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party (Workers' Party)
Reference works place the Workers' Party on the left to centre-left.
Ideology: social democracy, democratic socialism

17%Probability · Rio Grande do Norte Governor Election Winner 2026

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An engineer by declared occupation and a state tax auditor in Rio Grande do Norte since 2005, he was state finance secretary in the Workers' Party government and belongs to the Workers' Party (PT). He is named in the race for Governor of Rio Grande do Norte in the 2026 election.

Career

Xavier has been a state tax auditor in Rio Grande do Norte since 2005 and worked in tax oversight, the State Comptroller's Office and state finance administration. He served as state finance secretary and left the post in 2026 to stand for governor, with a PSB candidate as his running mate. The Agora RN profile lists no earlier electoral candidacy.

Positions

His 74-page government plan covers 13 areas, among them jobs and income, small business and family farming, digital government, education, regional health care, water security, infrastructure, public security and energy transition. Agora RN presents it as a continuation of the governments of Governor Fátima Bezerra and President Lula, and notes that many pledges lack costs, funding sources or timelines.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Agora RN

  1. Cadu de Lula 17%
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Rio Grande do Norte Governor Election Winner 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightProbability
AllysonCentre-right81%
Cadu de LulaCentre-left17%
Álvaro DiasRight<1%
Arinalda do MLB<1%
Carlos Jararaca<1%
Dário Barbosa<1%
Henrique Lyra<1%
Professor Robério Paulino<1%
Rodrigo Bolsonaro<1%

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