Carlos Gomes, 28, born in Rio Branco, Acre is a social worker and a student of economics at the Federal University of Acre. He has worked in various government agencies in Acre and was Rio Branco's youngest mayor candidate in 2016, where he came in third, finishing behind the Establishment candidates. In 2018, Gomes attended the course Integrity and Values in Government Programme at The Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, England.