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Brazil Election 2026: Bolsonaro’s Lead Has Lula Looking for Campaign Reset

To Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Sunday’s second-place finish to Flávio Bolsonaro stung all the more because he’d believed he could secure a knockout over his right-wing challenger.

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