Bolsonaro Family Members Run for Office as Lula Faces Approval Split in Brazil

In Brazil in September 2026, Carlos and Jair Renan Bolsonaro, sons of former president Jair Bolsonaro, are running for political office in the country's south. Meanwhile, a Quaest poll shows President Lula with 50% disapproval and 44% approval, and in a hypothetical runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro, Flávio has 42% to Lula's 41%. The Federal Police has dismissed Eduardo Bolsonaro, who has been in the United States since 2025, for abandoning his post.

Other headlines include an advisor to Flávio Bolsonaro negotiating a budget amendment with a convicted militia member in the Marielle case, and Lula's campaign questioning selective targets in a TSE action by Flávio about Rio's carnival. A friend of Lula's son said she visited Lula's office and traveled on an FAB plane, and businessmen involved in INSS fraud cited a relationship with a former Bolsonaro minister to facilitate business. Quaest data on the Master crisis was the most celebrated factor in Lula's government.