Brazil · ELECTIONS

Key Facts

—Court ruling Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court voted 4-3 on Thursday 20 August 2026 to allow Marcelo Crivella to run for Senate.

—Tie-breaker Justice Nunes Marques, the court’s president, cast the deciding vote.

—Previous order The ruling upheld an injunction by Justice Andre Mendonca that had suspended the ineligibility effects of a conviction.