Manuela d’Ávila joins the PSOL and prepares to enter the race for the Senate in RS
Former deputy Manuela d’Ávila announced this Saturday (29) her affiliation with PSOL, a movement that puts her in the running for the Senate in the 2026 elections. It will be the former parliamentarian’s first national contest since leaving PCdoB, an acronym to which she dedicated more than two decades.
When commenting on the change, Manuela stated that she found in PSOL an environment “committed to profound transformations” and aligned with what she calls the new generation of the left. He also said that he intends to work to strengthen unity between progressive parties “in the face of the advance of the ultra-right”.
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Manuela’s entry takes place in an already competitive scenario in Rio Grande do Sul. A Real Time Big Data survey, released last Tuesday (25), shows that she is among the strongest names for the Senate, alongside governor Eduardo Leite (PSD). In 2026, the state will elect two of the 54 seats up for grabs, increasing the weight of the Senate race in the country.
PSOL has already scheduled the event that should make its pre-candidacy official for December 9th.
Political trajectory
Journalist and writer, Manuela entered politics at a young age: in 2004, at the age of 23, she became the youngest councilor in the history of Porto Alegre.
She then served two terms as a federal deputy (2006 and 2010) and, later, one term as a state deputy. In 2018, she gained national recognition when she joined Fernando Haddad’s (PT) presidential ticket as a vice candidate.
At the municipal level, he ran for mayor of the capital of Rio Grande do Sul three times (2008, 2012 and 2020), experiences that consolidated his name among the main leftist figures in the state.
