Rio Grande do Norte elects Cadu de Lula as state governor

With 98.76% of the polls counted, candidate Cadu de Lula (PT) was elected governor of Rio Grande do Norte.

The candidate received, so far, 1,059,700 valid votes, the equivalent of 50.71%. He played the second round with Allyson Bezerra (Union), who got 1,030,049 votes (49.29%).

Carlos Eduardo Xavier is a career tax auditor and was the state secretary of the Treasury in the government of Fátima Bezerra (PT-RN). At the age of 48, he first contested an elective office.