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PT Nominates São Paulo Candidate
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On June 29 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Partido dos Tabalhadores (PT) nominated Marta Suplicy to run for governor of São Paulo in the upcoming municipal poll in October. The former tourism minister and ex-governor of São Paulo will be running against the main opposition candidate Geraldo Alckmin (Partido da Social-Democracia Brasileira). A successful campaign could prove vital for Lula's potential next candidate for the PT government in the 2010 election. Previous candidates endorsed by Lula as potential successors have been largely discredited by the opposition in a series of political scandals surrounding Lula's chief of staff Dilma Rousseff.