Career
She proved a very popular centre-left mayor in a Lega Nord"s stronghold and was re-elected in 2007. Puppato was a candidate in the 2012 centre-left primary election and came fourth (out of five competitors) with 2.6%. In the 2013 general election she was elected to the Senate as Venetian head of the list.
She considers herself a cattolica adulta ("adult Catholic").