Overview
- The vote count reported on Sunday showed Sergio Moro of the Partido Liberal winning just over 50 percent of ballots to secure the Paraná governorship in the October 4 regional election.
- Official tallies put Moro above three million votes while his nearest rival, Sandro Alex of the PSD, received roughly 1.5 million votes and Requião Filho trailed by about 100,000 votes.
- Moro rose to national prominence as the Curitiba judge who led Operation Lava Jato and in 2017 sentenced Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a conviction that was later annulled by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal for lack of jurisdiction and signs of judicial partiality.
- After serving as Jair Bolsonaro’s justice minister and winning a Senate seat in 2022, Moro ran on his anti‑corruption record and pledged to bring honesty and efficiency to state government.
- The outcome gives Moro a strong regional platform but keeps legal and political questions about his past conduct in the spotlight and raises pressure to deliver concrete governance results in Paraná.