Ceará Senate candidates include Alcides Fernandes and Lino Alves

Candidates for the Senate in Ceará include Alcides Fernandes da Silva and Lino Alves de Almeida.

Alcides Fernandes, a pastor and current state deputy from the Liberal Party (PL), is running while awaiting a final decision from the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) regarding the potential revocation of his diploma. This legal challenge stems from allegations of gender quota fraud during the 2022 state elections, where the PL is accused of registering female candidates solely to meet the mandatory 30% legal requirement without providing effective campaign resources or support.

Lino Alves de Almeida, representing the Workers' Revolutionary Party (PCO), is an engineer and former state bank employee. His platform includes abolishing programs like ENEM and Prouni to move toward fully public education, implementing direct popular voting for Supreme Federal Court justices, and dissolving the Military and Federal police forces.