# Brazil election: Lula and Bolsonaro vie for key swing state

https://mins.news/en/video/108899

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-21 04:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJanrpggMOw

> In Ouro Preto, voters in Minas Gerais—the state with Brazil’s second-largest electorate—are divided between leftist candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula’s supporters cite his record of helping poorer Brazilians; Bolsonaro’s call for change draws on concerns about high taxes, inflation and economic stagnation. Minas Gerais is viewed as a pivotal presidential battleground.

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