2022 Rio de Janeiro general election

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The 2022 Rio de Janeiro state election took place in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor, vice governor, one senator, two alternate senator, 46 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies, and 70 Legislative Assembly members, with a possible second round to be held on 30 October 2022. Under the Constitution of Brazil, the governor would be elected for a four-year term starting 1 January 2023, which, with the approval of Constitutional Amendment No. 111, will end on 6 January 2027. The incumbent governor, Cláudio Castro, a member of the Liberal Party, was eligible for a second term, and intended to run for reelection. He was the vice governor of Rio de Janeiro until Wilson Witzel was convicted and removed from office on 30 April 2021 as a result of his impeachment trial. Castro beat his opponent Marcelo Freixo in the first round. For the election to the Federal Senate, the seat occupied by Romário (PL), elected in 2014 by the Brazilian Socialist...

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