Dino is forging an alliance with DEM for 2018.
The governor of Maranhão, Flávio Dino, is forging an alliance with 12 parties, including DEM, PSDB, and PEN, to run for reelection in 2018; the head of the executive branch has a good relationship with DEM-MA and has helped strengthen the party in the state; PSDB holds the vice-governorship in the current administration.
Maranhao 247 - The governor of Maranhão, Flávio Dino, is forging an alliance with 12 parties, including DEM, PSDB, and PEN, to run for reelection in 2018. The head of the executive branch has a good relationship with DEM-MA and has helped strengthen the party in the state. Among the governor's recent actions is the negotiation to affiliate former governor and federal deputy José Reinaldo Tavares (PSB), his former Secretary of Mines and Energy, who broke with the Sarney group, to the party.
Flávio Dino's close relationship with the PSDB dates back to the 2014 election, when the party nominated the vice-governor candidate on his ticket. For 2018, the PT is also eyeing the vice-governor position, but if that fails, they are asking the governor for support for a PT candidate for senator. However, the PT is not part of the governor's plans for the Senate.
Regarding the agreements, Dino stated that his ticket "cannot only go to the left." "This is an election between the Sarneys and the non-Sarneys," he said during an interview given to... Price.