Orestes Quércia: Difference between revisions

Since Quercia left the government of São Paulo in 1991,<ref name="CMOQ">" Brasilia Journal; To Get It Off His Chest, Chief Puts It on T-Shirt – New York Times." The New York Times. 1991. HighBeam Research. 6 May. 2011 <http://www.highbeam.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020331041952/http://highbeam.com/ |date=2002-03-31 }}>.</ref> failed to win any other election- was the PMDB candidate for Presidentpresident in 1994,<ref name="FHCOQ">["Cardoso takes the plunge. (Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces his candidacy for president)." The Economist (US). Economist Newspaper Ltd. 1994. HighBeam Research. 2 May. 2011 <http://www.highbeam.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020331041952/http://highbeam.com/ |date=2002-03-31 }}>.]</ref> the state government in 1998/2006 and the Senate in 2002 (would be a candidate for the Senate again in 2010, but renounced

After having supported the victorious campaign Gilberto Kassab (DEM) for mayor of São Paulo in 2008, Quercia was approached by several political leaders to have his support in the 2010 elections as well. the PSDB, Quercia's party and PMDB entered into partnership supported by Jose Serra, Geraldo Alckmin and Aloysio Nunes. The PT, on the other hand, relied on the movement of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to hold PMDB ruling as vice president. To strengthen the PMDB in São Paulo, Quercia toured many places in the interior getting support from other parties leaders to unite for the election of 2010. But due to a prostate cancer, he left the nomination to the São Paulo Senate on September 6, 2010, to treat the cancer.