2026 ELECTION
New chief electoral justice promises hands-off approach to October vote
Nunes Marques (center) promises to be a hands-off chief electoral justice. Photo: Alejandro Zambrana/Secom/TSE
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) will swear in a new chief electoral justice today, handing the gavel to Nunes Marques, a Bolsonaro-appointed Supreme Court justice known more for hosting some of Brasília's most coveted social functions than for any judicial firebreathing.
The transition comes five months before a presidential election that is expected to be a close contest — pitting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the imprisoned former president…
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