
Euclério Sampaio
Euclério de Azevedo Sampaio Junior, born in 1964 in Cariacica, is a Brazilian lawyer, retired civil police officer and politician of the MDB.
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- 1964 (62 years), Vila Velha
- Party
- Brazilian Democratic Movement
Centre · Where sources place the party (Brazilian Democratic Movement)
Wikipedia: centre to centre-right (Brazilian Democratic Movement)
Ideology: economic liberalism, neoliberalism, Christian democracy, big tent
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A former state deputy for Espírito Santo, he has been mayor of Cariacica since 2021, re-elected in 2024 with 88.41% of valid votes. He is named among the possible contenders in the 2026 Espírito Santo governor election.
Career
According to Wikipedia, Sampaio was first elected state deputy in 2002 for the PTB and served in the Legislative Assembly until 2021. He belonged to the PDT from 2006 to 2015, the DEM from 2015 to 2021, União Brasil in 2022 and 2023, and the MDB since 2023. Elected mayor of Cariacica in 2020, he took office in 2021 and won re-election in 2024. The article describes his Assembly years as marked by an explosive temperament and sharp criticism of governors. It records that in 2017 he proposed a bill to ban art exhibitions with pornographic content, which was not approved.
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Photo: ALES from Vitória-ES, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
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Espírito Santo Governor Election Winner 2026
| Outcome | Left – Right | Age | Probability |
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| Right | 44 | 95% | |
| Centre | 63 | 5% | |
| Centre-left | 69 | <1% | |
| Centre | 43 | <1% | |
| Centre | 62 | <1% |