Quaest: Paes leads Rio governor race with 39%, followed by Ruas at 18% and Garotinho at 8%
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- A Quaest poll puts former Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes at 39% in the race for governor, ahead of Douglas Ruas at 18% and former governor Anthony Garotinho at 8%.
- The poll has a margin of error of three percentage points and found 14% of respondents choosing blank or invalid ballots, while 16% remained undecided.
- Quaest interviewed 1,302 people in person from Sept. 4 to 7 for a poll commissioned by Globo and registered with Brazil's electoral court.
Eduardo Paes leads the race for governor of Rio de Janeiro with 39% of voting intentions, according to a Quaest poll released Tuesday. Douglas Ruas, a state lawmaker, follows with 18%, while former governor Anthony Garotinho has 8%.
Other candidates who received support were Cyro Garcia of PSTU, with 2%, and William Siri of PSOL and Coronel Busnello of Missão, with 1% each. Blank and invalid responses accounted for 14%, while 16% of respondents were undecided.
Paes had 37% in the previous poll on Aug. 25, compared with 14% for Ruas and 7% for Garotinho. In that survey, the candidates Busnello, Garcia and Juliete each had 1%, while blank and invalid responses stood at 16% and undecided voters at 20%.
Quaest conducted 1,302 in-person household interviews from Sept. 4 to 7. The poll has a three-point margin of error in either direction and a 95% confidence level. Globo commissioned the survey, which was registered with Brazil's Superior Electoral Court under protocol RJ-04768/2026.
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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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