Tebet Rebukes Huck and Stakes Out Two-Candidate Senate Plan in São Paulo

Tebet framed Bolsa Família as a core family policy, heightening pressure on her coalition to settle which two nominees will run for the state's two Senate seats.

Overview

Simone Tebet, who spoke on Monday, called Luciano Huck's comments that Bolsa Família creates no exit incentives 'lamentable' and 'equivocada' in remarks at the Direitos Já! forum in São Paulo.
She defended Bolsa Família as Brazil's second-largest social program and contrasted it with Minha Casa Minha Vida to argue that social policy already serves families.
Tebet said her progressive coalition will reduce three pre-candidates to two Senate nominees and ruled out launching three candidates because that would split votes and lower the chance of electing two senators.
When asked to choose between Marina Silva and Márcio França as a running mate, Tebet declined to express a preference and said her priority is a broad front rather than naming one partner.
Recent Paraná Pesquisas polling from May 21 places Marina Silva and Tebet as the leaders in the São Paulo race, a result that increases urgency for the PT–PSB–Rede talks and could shape vote coordination and campaign messaging.