# Brasília enters an election year on edge (preview)

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Podcast: [Explaining Brazil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-brazil-850357)
Published: 2026-02-05T13:00:00+00:00
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Brasília is back to work — and the new legislative year has opened with all the familiar rituals: lofty speeches about stability, institutional balance, and dialogue, plus promises of an ambitious agenda ahead. But this is no ordinary year. Brazil is heading into a high-stakes election in October. Voters will choose a president, renew the entire House, elect two-thirds of the Senate, pick 27 governors, and decide the fate of hundreds of state legislators. From now on, everything in Brasília w...

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