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Article: Poll Indicates Leftist, Populist Former Governor Could Face Runoff in Brazil.

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September 26, 2002
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By Kevin G. Hall, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 26--RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Jose Serra, the government's presidential candidate in Brazil, is in danger of slipping into third place in the Oct. 6 election, which would wipe out any chance that the former health minister could win in a runoff.

Anthony Garotinho, the populist former governor of Rio de Janeiro state, is gaining in opinion polls. He could face a runoff against the front-runner, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist and former union organizer.

The latest poll seemed to confirm fears in financial markets that Serra, who has promised to ...

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