Bolsonaro, Lula fight for endorsements before Brazil runoff
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are starting to bring centrist allies to their camps as they campaign for their runoff election
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva started bringing centrist allies into their camps Tuesday, two days after voting in Latin America's biggest democracy sent the rivals to a Oct. 30 runoff.
Da Silva, a leftist who is universally known as Lula and was president from 2003 to 2010, led Sunday's first round with 48% of the votes. The far-right Bolsonaro got 43%.
The two men are the most loved and most hated political figures in Brazil, which has made many politicians announce they will not vote for either.
Da Silva received a half-hearted endorsement from the fourth place finisher, center-left candidate Ciro Gomes, who once a key ally. Gomes, who had 3% of the votes, said in a video he was following the decision of his Democratic Labor Party to give his support to the leftist leader.
