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Nov 7, 2026
Brazilian Elections 2026
Summary
On October 5, 2026, Brazil had elections for the president, governors, and congressmen. On October 25, 2026 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or Lula won the presidency of Brazil. He won during the run-off election after coming in second in the first election. Afro-Brazilians played a decisive role in Lula's electoral win as well as in securing their own wins during the election. This conversation examines the raced and gendered contours of the 2026 election and electoral politics in Brazil.
Dr. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour is the Dan T. Blue Endowed Chair at North Carolina Central University. Dr. Mitchell-Walthour is a political scientist whose research examines race and politics in Brazil. She is the author of The Politics of Survival: The Political Opinions of Social Welfare Beneficiaries in Brazil and the USA (Columbia University Press) as well as numerous articles and books.
Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell is the Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar in Arts & Sciences in the Department of African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Caldwell is an anthropologist whose research has examined race, gender, and health in Brazil. She is the author of Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy (University of Illinois Press) as well as numerous articles and books.
Dr. Reighan Gillam is Associate Professor in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Diasporic Connections: How Afro-Brazilians Use African American Culture to Challenge Racial Exceptionalism (Columbia University Press).
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Reighan Gillam
Reighan Gillam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. Her research examines the ways in which Afro-Brazilian media producers foment anti-racist visual politics through their image creations. She is the author of Visualizing Black Lives: Ownership and Control in Afro-Brazilian Media (University of Illinois Press).
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