Globo Holds Synchronized Gubernatorial Debates Across Brazil

Overview

• TV Globo and its affiliates held simultaneous debates for governors in all 26 states and the Federal District Tuesday, Sept. 29, offering the last major televised exchanges before the early‑October first round.
• Candidates repeatedly focused on state issues — security, health, education, sanitation and infrastructure — while many discussions were framed around national figures, scandals and security probes.
• In Bahia, incumbent Jerônimo Rodrigues skipped the Globo debate and instead met with more than 70 public‑servant organizations to emphasize a strong‑state approach to social rights.
• In Minas Gerais, fiscal policy dominated as candidates argued over the state’s roughly R$200 billion debt, a proposed renegotiation with the federal government and plans to eliminate over R$25 billion in tax exemptions.
• Same‑day polls showed Tarcísio leading in São Paulo and Eduardo Paes ahead in Rio with Douglas Ruas closing the gap, trends that campaigns are citing as they shape final-week messaging.