Paulo Gonet won reconfirmation to a new two-year term as prosecutor general by 45–26, just four votes above the 41-vote threshold. The total fell far short of his 2023 approval of 65–11, which allies read as evidence of a tougher Senate environment. Government leader Jaques Wagner downplayed the count by citing absences of pro-government senators during the vote. Opposition senators signaled they would work to defeat a prospective nomination of Attorney General Jorge Messias to the Supreme Court. Names floated as easier confirmations include Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco, whom influential senators openly touted after the vote.