Gubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 as part of the nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors (as well as the Governor of the Federal District and their vice governor). A second round was held on 30 October for states where no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes in the first round.
The behind-the-scenes run for governor in the state began after the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections, According to Brazilian electoral law, no one candidate can be declared before July 2022, until then all quoted persons to be candidates are called pre-candidates or potential candidates.
| Outgoing Governor | Winner | % | Leading opponent | % | References | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Name | Party | Name | Party | ||||||||
| AC | Gladson Cameli | PP | Gladson Cameli Reelected in the 1st round | PP | 56.75% | Jorge Viana | PT | 24.21% | |||||
| AL | Paulo Dantas | MDB | Paulo Dantas Reelected in the 2nd round | MDB | 52.33% | Rodrigo Cunha | UNIÃO | 47.67% | |||||
| AP | Waldez Góes | PDT | Clécio Luís Elected in the 1st round | SD | 53.69% | Jaime Nunes | PSD | 42.58% | |||||
| AM | Wilson Lima | UNIÃO | Wilson Lima Reelected in the 2nd round | UNIÃO | 56.65% | Eduardo Braga | MDB | 43.35% | |||||
| BA | PT | Jerônimo Rodrigues Elected in the 2nd round | PT | 52.79% | ACM Neto | UNIÃO | 47.21% | ||||||
| CE | Izolda Cela | No Party | Elmano de Freitas Elected in the 1st round | PT | 54.02% | Capitão Wagner | UNIÃO | 31.72% | |||||
| ES | Renato Casagrande | PSB | Renato Casagrande Reelected in the 2nd round | PSB | 53.80% | Carlos Manato | PL | 46.20% | |||||
| DF | Ibaneis Rocha | MDB | Ibaneis Rocha Reelected in the 1st round | MDB | 50.31% | Leandro Grass | PV | 26.26% | |||||
| GO | Ronaldo Caiado | UNIÃO | Ronaldo Caiado Reelected in the 1st round | UNIÃO | 51.81% | Gustavo Mendanha | PATRI | 25.20% | |||||
| MA | Carlos Brandão | PSB | Carlos Brandão Reelected in the 1st round | PSB | 51.29% | Lahesio Bonfim | PSC | 24.87% | |||||
| MT | Mauro Mendes | UNIÃO | Mauro Mendes Reelected in the 1st round | UNIÃO | 68.45% | Marcia Pinheiro | PV | 16.41% | |||||
| MS | Reinaldo Azambuja | PSDB | Eduardo Riedel Elected in the 2nd round | PSDB | 56.90% | Capitão Contar | PRTB | 43.10% | |||||
| MG | Romeu Zema | NOVO | Romeu Zema Reelected in the 1st round | NOVO | 56.18% | Alexandre Kalil | PSD | 35.08% | |||||
| PR | Ratinho Júnior | PSD | Ratinho Júnior Reelected in the 1st round | PSD | 69.64% | Roberto Requião | PT | 26.23% | |||||
| PB | João Azevêdo | PSB | João Azevêdo Reelected in the 2nd round | PSB | 52.51% | Pedro Cunha Lima | PSDB | 47.49% | |||||
| PA | Helder Barbalho | MDB | Helder Barbalho Reelected in the 1st round | MDB | 70.41% | Zequinha Marinho | PL | 27.13% | |||||
| PE | Paulo Câmara | PSB | Raquel Lyra Elected in the 2nd round | PSDB | 58.70% | Marília Arraes | SD | 41.30% | |||||
| PI | Regina Sousa | PT | Rafael Fonteles Elected in the 1st round | PT | 57.17% | Sílvio Mendes | UNIÃO | 41.62% | |||||
| RJ | Cláudio Castro | PL | Cláudio Castro Reelected in the 1st round | PL | 58.67% | Marcelo Freixo | PSB | 27.38% | |||||
| RN | Fátima Bezerra | PT | Fátima Bezerra Reelected in the 1st round | PT | 58.31% | Fábio Dantas | SD | 22,22% | |||||
| RS | Ranolfo Vieira Júnior | PSDB | Eduardo Leite Reelected in the 2nd round | PSDB | 57.12% | Onyx Lorenzoni | PL | 42.88% | |||||
| RO | Marcos Rocha | UNIÃO | Marcos Rocha Reelected in the 2nd round | UNIÃO | 52.47% | Marcos Rogério | PL | 47.53% | |||||
| RR | Antonio Denarium | PP | Antonio Denarium Reelected in the 1st round | PP | 56.47% | Teresa Surita | MDB | 41.14% | |||||
| SC | Carlos Moisés | REP | Jorginho Mello Elected in the 2nd round | PL | 70.69% | Décio Lima | PT | 29.31% | |||||
| SP | PSDB | Tarcísio de Freitas Elected in the 2nd round | REP | 55.27% | Fernando Haddad | PT | 44.73% | ||||||
| SE | Belivaldo Chagas | PSD | Fábio Mitidieri Elected in the 2nd round | PSD | 51.70% | Rogério Carvalho Santos | PT | 48.30% | |||||
| TO | Wanderlei Barbosa | REP | Wanderlei Barbosa Reelected in the 1st round | REP | 58.14% | Ronaldo Dimas | PL | 22.50% | |||||
| Election Name: | 2022 Acre gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira do Acre.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Gladson Cameli em outubro de 2018.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Gladson Cameli |
| Party1: | Progressistas |
| Alliance1: | Advance to do more |
| Running Mate1: | Mailza Gomes |
| Popular Vote1: | 242,100 |
| Percentage1: | 56.75% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Acre gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Acre gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Gladson Cameli |
| Before Party: | PP |
| After Election: | Gladson Cameli |
| After Party: | Progressistas |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Jorge Viana |
| Party2: | Workers' Party (Brazil) |
| Running Mate2: | Marcus Alexandre |
| Popular Vote2: | 103,265 |
| Percentage2: | 24.21% |
| Alliance2: | Brazil of Hope |
| Image3: | Mara Rocha (cropped).jpg |
| Party3: | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
| Alliance3: | Hope for a Better Acre Starts Now! |
| Percentage3: | 11.06% |
| Popular Vote3: | 47,173 |
| Candidate3: | Mara Rocha |
| Running Mate3: | Fernando Alvares Zamora |
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In Acre, incumbent Governor Gladson Cameli was reelected in the first round with 56.75% of the vote.
In 2018, Glason Cameli, a former Senator for Acre and civil engineer affiliated with the Progressistas, was elected governor with 53.71% of the vote against Workers' Party candidate Marcus Alexandre and Social Liberal Party candidate Coronel Ulysses in the first round. Cameli, a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro, broke the rule of the PT in Acre after 20 years.
He was elected along with his Vice-Governor Wherles Fernandes da Rocha, also known as Major Rocha, a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. Rocha during his tenure switched to the Social Liberal Party, the Brazil Union, and then the Brazilian Democratic Movement, a party which opposed Cameli in the 2022 election.
Cameli's first term saw a corruption investigation called Operation Ptolemy in 2021, in which the Federal Police investigated criminal organizations in Acre. Though Cameli has not been specifically targeted, the police seized some of Cameli's possessions, banned his international travel, and seized his passport. The police are also investigating his father Eladio Cameli and his brother Gledson Cameli. Overall the Federal Police found that at least 268.6 million reals in public funds had been stolen by the criminal organizations in fraudulent public contracts, but have not implicated Cameli.[1]
Given no charge in the investigation prohibited his candidacy by the Superior Electoral Court or by the Ficha Limpa, which bans politicians convicted by a court, impeached, or resigned to avoid impeachment of running for eight years, Cameli was able to run for reelection.[2]
The election saw all three incumbent senators for Acre run, either for governor or vice governor. The candidates were as follows:
| Election Name: | 2022 Amazonas gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira do Amazonas.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Wilson Miranda Lima.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Wilson Lima |
| Party1: | Brazil Union |
| Alliance1: | Here is Work |
| Running Mate1: | Tadeu de Souza |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,039,192 |
| Percentage1: | 56.65% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Amazonas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Amazonas gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Gladson Cameli |
| Before Party: | Brazil Union |
| After Election: | Wilson Lima |
| After Party: | Brazil Union |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Eduardo Braga |
| Party2: | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
| Running Mate2: | Anne Moura |
| Popular Vote2: | 795,098 |
| Percentage2: | 43.35% |
| Alliance2: | In Defense of Life |
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In Amazonas, incumbent governor Wilson Lima was re-elected in the second round against former governor Eduardo Braga with 56.65% to Braga's 43.35%
In 2018, Wilson Lima, a reporter and TV presenter most known for the program Alô Amazonas, was elected in the second round against incumbent governor Amazonino Mendes 58.50% to 41.50%. Lima, a supporter of Jair Bolsonaro, ran as a member of the Social Christian Party, a minor evangelical conservative movement. Mendes had been elected in 2017 in the supplementary elections after the impeachment of José Melo de Oliveira, who was elected in 2014.
Lima's Lt. Governor in 2018 was Carlos Almeida, a public defender affiliated with the right wing nationalist Brazilian Labor Renewal Party (PRTB). Almeida, having joined the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB), broke with Lima in 2020 over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in Amazonas, believing that Lima's enforcement of the Bolsonaro administration's Herd immunity policy was wrong.[3] Almeida subsequently joined the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, which opposed Lima in the 2022 election.[4]
Lima joined the Brazil Union (UNIÃO), a merger of the former Christian democratic Democrats (DEM) and conservative liberal Social Liberal Party (PSL), for the election.[5]
The election saw two former governors run, along with the incumbent. The candidates were as follows:
See main article: 2022 Ceará gubernatorial election. In Ceará, Elmano de Freitas, a State Deputy from the Workers' Party, with 54.02% defeated Capitão Wagner, a Federal Deputy from the Brazil Union, who received 31.72%, and Roberto Cláudio, former Mayor of Fortaleza from the Democratic Labor Party, who received 14.14%, in the first round.
De Freitas succeeded Izolda Cela, the Lt. Governor of Camilo Santana, who had resigned to run for Senate. Santana was elected succeeding Tasso Jereissati.
| Election Name: | 2022 Rio Grande do Norte gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira do Rio Grande do Norte.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Fátima Bezerra como governadora do Rio Grande do Norte.png |
| Candidate1: | Fátima Bezerra |
| Party1: | Workers' Party (Brazil) |
| Alliance1: | The Best Will Begin |
| Running Mate1: | Walter Alves |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,066,496 |
| Percentage1: | 58.31% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Rio Grande do Norte gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Rio Grande do Norte gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Fátima Bezerra |
| Before Party: | PT |
| After Election: | Fátima Bezerra |
| After Party: | PT |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Fábio Dantas |
| Party2: | Solidarity (Brazil) |
| Running Mate2: | Ivan Júnior |
| Popular Vote2: | 406,461 |
| Percentage2: | 22.22% |
| Alliance2: | Change RN |
| Image3: | Foto oficial de Styvenson Valentim (cropped2).jpg |
| Party3: | Podemos (Brazil) |
| Alliance3: | None |
| Percentage3: | 16.80% |
| Popular Vote3: | 307,330 |
| Candidate3: | Styvenson Valentim |
| Running Mate3: | Francisca Henrique |
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In Rio Grande do Norte, incumbent governor Fátima Bezerra was elected in the first round.
She defeated former Vice-Governor Fábio Dantas, who ran in a coalition with Rogério Simonetti Marinho, Bolsonaro's Minister of Regional Development, and incumbent Senator Styvenson Valentim, elected in 2018, with 58.31% to Dantas's 22.22% and Valentim's 16.80%.[18]
| Election Name: | 2022 Paraíba gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira da Paraíba.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | João Azevêdo em abril de 2019.jpg |
| Candidate1: | João Azevêdo |
| Party1: | Brazilian Socialist Party |
| Alliance1: | Together for Paraíba |
| Running Mate1: | Lucas Ribeiro |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,221,904 |
| Percentage1: | 52.51% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Paraíba gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Paraíba gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | João Azevêdo |
| Before Party: | PSB |
| After Election: | João Azevêdo |
| After Party: | PSB |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Pedro Cunha Lima |
| Party2: | Brazilian Social Democracy Party |
| Running Mate2: | Domiciano Cabral |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,104,963 |
| Percentage2: | 47.49% |
| Alliance2: | Courage to Change |
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In Paraíba, incumbent governor João Azevêdo was elected in the second round against Federal Deputy Pedro Cunha Lima with 52.51% to Lima's 47.49%.[19]
In the 2018 gubernatorial election, Azevêdo was elected in the first round with 58.18% of all valid votes. He defeated Lucélio Cartaxo (PV), the twin brother of the Mayor of the state capitol João Pessoa, Luciano Cartaxo, who received 23.41%, and Zé Maranhão (MDB), a former governor of the state, who received 17.44%.[20]
Azevêdo succeeded Ricardo Coutinho, also of the Brazilian Socialist Party. Azevêdo was elected with Lt. Governor Lígia Feliciano of the Democratic Labor Party, who also served as Coutinho's Lt. Governor for his second term.[21]
During the 2018 election, Lucélio Cartaxo accused Azevêdo, along with Feliciano and Coutinho, of abusive and excessive use of State institutional propaganda during the 2018 elections, which would have benefited them electorally. Each of them was ordered to pay a fine of R$5,320.50. The decision was appealed but only Feliciano avoided the fine.[22]
João Azevêdo is being investigated at the Superior Court of Justice for being suspected of continuing the crimes investigated by Operation Calvário, which were allegedly commanded by the former governor of the State, Ricardo Coutinho. For this case, Coutinho was arrested, but managed to get out of prison through an injunction . According to a statement from the former Secretary of State, Livânia Farias, bribes paid by the Brazilian Red Cross helped defray João Azevêdo's expenses from April 2018, a period in which he began running for state elections. The transfers would have extended until the month of July, totaling around R$480 thousand. Azevêdo stated that he never received resources from anyone for personal use and that his campaign was supported by party resources.[23]
See main article: 2022 Pernambuco gubernatorial election. In Pernambuco, Raquel Lyra, former mayor of Caruaru, defeated Marília Arraes, a Federal Deputy and daughter of former governor Miguel Arraes in the second round.[24]
| Election Name: | 2022 Alagoas gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira de Alagoas.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Paulo Dantas Foto Oficial (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Paulo Dantas |
| Party1: | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
| Alliance1: | Alagoas From Here to Better |
| Running Mate1: | Ronaldo Lessa |
| Popular Vote1: | 834,278 |
| Percentage1: | 52.33% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Alagoas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Alagoas gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Paulo Dantas |
| Before Party: | MDB |
| After Election: | Paulo Dantas |
| After Party: | MDB |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Rodrigo Cunha |
| Party2: | Brazil Union |
| Running Mate2: | Jó Pereira |
| Popular Vote2: | 759,984 |
| Percentage2: | 47.67% |
| Alliance2: | Alagoas Deserves More |
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In Alagoas, incumbent governor Paulo Dantas, a rural business administrator who took power after the resignation of Renan Filho to run for Senate, won reelection against incumbent Senator Rodrigo Cunha in the second round.
Renan Filho was elected by a wider margin than Dantas and was appointed by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Minister of Transport.
| Election Name: | 2022 Alagoas gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira de Sergipe.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Fábio Mitidieri em dezembro de 2016.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Fábio Mitidieri |
| Party1: | Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) |
| Alliance1: | New Time for Sergipe |
| Running Mate1: | Zezinho Sobral |
| Popular Vote1: | 623,851 |
| Percentage1: | 51.70% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Sergipe gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Sergipe gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Belivaldo Chagas |
| Before Party: | PSD |
| After Election: | Fábio Mitidieri |
| After Party: | PSD |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Rogério Carvalho |
| Party2: | Workers' Party (Brazil) |
| Running Mate2: | Sérgio Gama |
| Popular Vote2: | 582,940 |
| Percentage2: | 48.30% |
| Alliance2: | Sergipe of Hope |
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In Sergipe, incumbent Belivaldo Chagas chose not to run for reelection after a series of scandals. Fábio Mitidieri, a Federal deputy from Chagas' party, won the election against incumbent senator Rogério Carvalho Santos from the PT.
In the first round, Valmir de Francisquinho, the popular mayor of Itabaiana from the Liberal Party, won 39.78% of the vote but his candidacy was cancelled, leading Mitidieri and Carvalho to the second round. Even with the unlikely endorsement of Francisquinho, Carvalho lost, continuing the failures of the PT in Sergipe state elections.
See main article: 2022 Bahia gubernatorial election. In Bahia, Jerônimo Rodrigues, a bureaucrat in the government of incumbent Rui Costa and former National Secretary for Territorial Development in the Rousseff presidency, defeated ACM Neto, the former Mayor of Salvador da Bahia, Secretary General of the Brazil Union, and grandson of former governor ACM in the second round.
Rodrigues became Brazil's first self-declared indigenous governor.
See main article: 2022 Minas Gerais gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor Romeu Zema defeated Belo Horizonte Mayor Alexandre Kalil in the first round.
Incumbent governor Renato Casagrande won reelection a rematch against Carlos Manato, a former Federal Deputy.
See main article: 2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor Cláudio Castro was elected to his first full term. He became governor after the impeachment of Wilson Witzel.[25]
Castro defeated Federal Deputy Marcelo Freixo and former Mayor of Niterói Rodrigo Neves in the first round.
See main article: 2022 São Paulo gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor João Doria resigned in a successful bid for the PSDB nomination for president. He later ended his campaign. His Vice-Governor Rodrigo Garcia was unsuccessful in a bid for a full term, failing to make the second round.Former Minister of Infrastructure in Bolsonaro cabinet, Tarcísio de Freitas was elected in an alliance with former São Paulo mayor Gilberto Kassab. Freitas defeated former Minister of Education, former Mayor of São Paulo, and 2018 presidential candidate Fernando Haddad in the second round.
| Election Name: | 2022 Goiás gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Goiás.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Ronaldo Caiado em 26 de julho de 2019 (recorte 2).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Ronaldo Caiado |
| Party1: | Brazil Union |
| Alliance1: | To Move Forward |
| Running Mate1: | Daniel Vilela |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,806,892 |
| Percentage1: | 51.81% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Goiás gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Goiás gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Ronaldo Caiado |
| Before Party: | UNIÃO |
| After Election: | Ronaldo Caiado |
| After Party: | UNIÃO |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Gustavo Mendanha |
| Party2: | Patriota |
| Running Mate2: | Heuler Cruvinel |
| Popular Vote2: | 879, 031 |
| Percentage2: | 25.20% |
| Alliance2: | An Intelligent State |
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Incumbent governor Ronaldo Caiado won reelection against two right wing rivals in the first round.
| Election Name: | 2022 Federal District gubernatorial election |
| Flag Image: | Bandeira do Distrito Federal (Brasil).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Image1: | Boneco Governador Ibaneis Rocha (52592177250) (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Ibaneis Rocha |
| Party1: | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
| Alliance1: | United for DF |
| Running Mate1: | Celina Leão |
| Popular Vote1: | 832,663 |
| Percentage1: | 50.31% |
| Next Election: | 2026 Federal District gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Federal District gubernatorial election |
| Before Election: | Ibaneis Rocha |
| Before Party: | MDB |
| After Election: | Ibaneis Rocha |
| After Party: | MDB |
| Alliance Name: | no |
| Candidate2: | Leandro Grass |
| Party2: | Green Party (Brazil) |
| Running Mate2: | Olgamir Amancia |
| Popular Vote2: | 879, 031 |
| Percentage2: | 25.20% |
| Alliance2: | Brazil of Hope |
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Incumbent governor Ibaneis Rocha won reelection the first round.
Incumbent governor Mauro Mendes won reelection the first round.
See main article: 2022 Mato Grosso do Sul gubernatorial election. In Mato Grosso do Sul, Eduardo Riedel, former Secretary of Government and Infustructure for incumbent governor Reinaldo Azambuja, defeated Capitão Contar, a retired military officer and state deputy, in the second round.
Former Vice-Governor Rose Modesto, former governor André Puccinelli, and former Mayor of Campo Grande Marquinhos Trad were defeated in the first round. Riedel and Contar competed for Bolsonaro's endorsement which Contar received, while Riedel ran in a coalition with Bolsonaro's Minister of Agriculture Tereza Cristina who was elected to the Senate.
See main article: 2022 Paraná gubernatorial election. In Paraná, incumbent governor Ratinho Júnior, son of presenter Ratinho and a former Federal Deputy, defeated former governor Roberto Requião, who joined the PT for the election to support Lula.
See main article: 2022 Santa Catarina gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor Carlos Moisés, who had been caught up in several scandals was defeated in the first round.
In the second round, incumbent senator Jorginho Mello defeated former Federal Deputy Décio Lima, former mayor of Blumenau.
See main article: 2022 Rio Grande do Sul gubernatorial election. Eduardo Leite, the incumbent and former mayor of Pelotas, resigned to launch a failed bid for the PSDB nomination. Upon his loss to João Doria, who later ended his candidacy, Leite ran again for governor. Leite edged out State Deputy Edegar Pretto in the first round to defeat Onyx Lorenzoni, Bolsonaro's Minister of Labor and Social Security, in the second round.