Brazil presidential election: Bolsonaro and Lula head to run-off

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In Brazil, no presidential candidate earned enough votes on Sunday to win the election outright, forcing the top two — current President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — into a runoff on Oct. 30.

With about 99.6 percent of the votes counted, da Silva — known as Lula — has 48.3 percent of the vote, while Bolsonaro has 43.3 percent. Nine other candidates were also in the race.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.