# 'Banking on a national brand': Bolsonaro sons Carlos, Jair Renan run for power in Brazil's south

https://mins.news/en/item/67760

- France 24, 2026-09-21 17:46 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260921-bolsonaro-sons-carlos-and-race-for-power-brazil-south

> Flavio Bolsonaro is not the only family member campaigning in his father’s shadow. His older brother, the former president’s eldest son, is polling neck and neck with incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, while Carlos and Jair Renan are running for senatorial and legislative seats. In strongly pro-Bolsonaro Santa Catarina, their surname alone may secure victory.

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