Acre In
Acre, incumbent Governor
Gladson Cameli was reelected in the first round with 56.75% of the vote.
2018 election 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.
Operation Ptolemy 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. 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.
Candidates The election saw all three incumbent senators for Acre run, either for governor or vice governor. The candidates were as follows: •
Gladson Cameli (
PP), the incumbent governor, ran for reelection along with
Maliza Gomes (
PP) as vice governor. Gomes served as Cameli's alternate in the 2014 elections where he was elected senator and then as senator once Cameli was elected governor from 2019-2022. She was replaced by Bispo José (
PL). Cameli's coalition "Advance to do more" was made up of the
PP,
PDT,
Always Forward (
PSDB,
CID),
PODE,
SD,
PATRI,
PMN,
DC, and
PMB. Almeida subsequently joined the
Brazilian Social Democracy Party, which opposed Lima in the 2022 election. 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.
Candidates The election saw two former governors run, along with the incumbent. The candidates were as follows: •
Wilson Lima (
UNIÃO), the incumbent governor, ran for reelection along with
Tadeu de Souza (
AVANTE) as vice governor. Souza, a lawyer and close ally of the
Manaus Mayor
David Almeida, served as Lima's chief of staff from 2021 to 2022, after serving in the bureaucracy of Manaus. Lima was endorsed by
Jair Bolsonaro in the second round, but Lima outperformed Bolsonaro by 6 points. Lima's coalition "Here is Work" was made up of the
UNIÃO,
AVANTE,
PL,
PTB,
PATRI,
PMN,
PRTB,
PSC,
REP and
PP. •
Eduardo Braga (
MDB), an entrepreneur and long time politician, who served as Mayor of
Manaus from 1994 to 1997,
Governor of Amazonas from 2003 to 2010,
Senator for
Amazonas from 2011 to present, and
Minister of Mines and Energy in the
Rousseff administration, ran along with Anne Moura (
PT) for vice governor, the National Secretary for Women of the Worker's Party. He was endorsed by
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva., a former governor and mayor of
Manaus, came third in the election. He died on 12 February 2023 at 83.|170x170px •
Amazonino Mendes (
CID), the
41st, 44th, and 48th Governor of Amazonas, who also served as a Senator from 1991 to 1993 and the 64th, 67th, and 71st Mayor of
Manaus, ran along with Beto Michiles (
PSDB), a former Federal Deputy for vice governor. Mendes ran without a coalition except for the party federation
Always Forward made up of his party
Cidadania and the
Brazilian Social Democracy Party. • Ricardo Nicolau (
SD), a hospital administrator and five time State Deputy in
Amazonas, who formerly served as President of the
Legislative Assembly of Amazonas and as City Councillor of
Manaus, ran along with Cristiane Balieiro (
PSB), a teacher. Nicolau's campaign focused on his health background and building more hospitals. Nicolau's coalition "We, the People" was composed of
Solidarity and the
Brazilian Socialist Party. • Carol Braz (
PDT), a lawyer, former judge, and Secretary of State for Justice, Human Rights, and Citizenship, who formerly served as president of the
PSC in Manaus before leaving the party, ran along with Claudio Machado (
PDT), an engineer, for vice governor. Braz had no coalition. • Dr Israel Tuyuka (
PSOL), an indigenous doctor and teacher from the
Tuyuca ethnic group near Colombia, ran along with Thomaz Barbosa (
PSOL), a radio announcer. Tuyuka ran without a coalition except for the
PSOL REDE Federation of the
Socialism and Liberty Party and the
Sustainibility Network. • Henrique Oliveira (
PODE), a radio presenter who previously served as the vice governor of Amazonino Mendes from 2017 to 2019 and a Federal Deputy from 2011 to 2015, ran alongside Edward Malta (
PROS), a businessman and state president of
PROS. Oliveira's coalition "Amazonas Wants More" was made up of
PODE and
PROS. • Nair Blair (
AGIR), a businesswoman, ran along with Rita Nobre (
AGIR), a dental surgeon. Their party
Act or Agir in Portuguese ran an isolated ticket. Blair previously was elected but not charged in the investigation of the electoral crimes of former governor
José Melo de Oliveira. The party was previously the Christian Labor Party and the
National Reconstruction Party of the victorious
Fernando Collor de Melo in
1989 elections.
Results {{Election results
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