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São Paulo, Rio, Minas Gerais Governor Races: What State Elections Tell Us Before the Presidential Winner Is Called

People queue outside a polling station during the presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 4, 2026. Brazilians head to the polls in a highly polarized presidential election between incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -seeking a fourth presidential mandate- and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who emerged as the leading figure of the conservative movement following the conviction and imprisonment of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. (Credit: Photo by Douglas SHINEIDR / AFP via Getty Images)

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