# Flávio Bolsonaro **Flávio Bolsonaro** is a Brazilian senator for Rio de Janeiro and the eldest son of [[Jair Bolsonaro]]. He carried the Liberal Party's presidential nomination in 2026 after his father, convicted of attempting a coup and under house arrest, was barred from running — making him the vehicle for the family's attempt to recover the presidency through an election rather than around one. ## The 2026 campaign He led the first round. On **4 October 2026** he took **47.07%** of valid votes to **45.12%** for [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]], outperforming polls that had put Lula ahead, while his party was on track to hold the largest bloc in the Chamber of Deputies and his mother and brother won Senate seats. He lost the runoff. On **25 October 2026** Lula won **51.78%** to his **48.22%**, a margin of roughly 4.4 million votes, on the Superior Electoral Court's count. He did not concede, and instead asked for the result to be annulled. ## Why he matters here The refusal is the point of continuity. In 2022 his father contested Brazil's voting system on the [[Stop the Steal]] model and his supporters stormed the three branches of government; the prosecution that followed produced a 27-year sentence. In 2026 the family's candidate was ahead after one round, lost the next, and went to the courts rather than the podium. The claim is procedural rather than insurrectionary this time, but the reflex — a loss is an irregularity — is the same one the wiki tracks across the [[Global New Right Network]]. Bolsonaro family holdings in the Senate and the Chamber mean the movement survives the defeat as a legislative force. The Brazilian count, the tariff and sanctions pressure the Trump administration applied on the family's behalf, and the judicial record are on [[Brazil]]. ## See Also - [[Jair Bolsonaro]] · [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]] · [[Brazil]] · [[Alexandre de Moraes]] - [[Stop the Steal]] · [[Global New Right Network]] · [[Dynasties Hub]]