In Aveiro, while visiting the Festas de São Gonçalinho, the AD-backed candidate decided to up the ante. “My firm conviction is that I will advance to the second round in first place,” he said, adding that “on the 18th we will know who is right.”
On the ninth day of the official campaign, Marques Mendes raises the bar: "I will advance to the second round in first place"
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