• Conservative Jair Bolsonaro elected Brazilian President with 55% of the vote. Hard-right conservative Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, of the tiny Social Liberal Party (PSL), was elected President of Brazil in a run-off election Sunday with 55% of valid votes against 45% for leftist rival Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro takes office January 1. (see more)
• Social Democrat João Dória squeezes past rival and will govern São Paulo. The moderate Social Democratic Party (PSDB) won control of the statehouse in Brazil’s biggest state of São Paulo on Sunday for the seventh time in a row. Business owner turned politician João Dória squeezed past Socialist Party (PSB) candidate Márcio França with 52% of valid votes. (see more)
• Newcomer Romeu Zema winds landslide victory to govern Minas Gerais. Political novice Romeu Zema, another business owner turned politician, was elected Governor of Brazil’s second biggest state of Minas Gerais on Sunday. Zema obtained 71% of valid votes against former Governor Antônio Anastasia of the PSDB. Zema ran as the nominee of the newly formed center-right Novo party. (see more)
• Ex-judge Witzel wins landslide victory as Governor of Rio de Janeiro. Former judge Wilson Witzel was elected Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s third largest state, Sunday with 61% of valid votes. He defeated veteran politician and ex-mayor Eduardo Paes of the Democratic Party. (see more)
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