Article 5B1G0 Rio voters inflict humiliating electoral wipeout on mayor

Rio voters inflict humiliating electoral wipeout on mayor

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Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
from World news | The Guardian on (#5B1G0)

Bolsonaro ally Marcelo Crivella lost in all of Brazilian city's 49 constituencies

Rio de Janeiro is rejoicing after voters inflicted a humiliating electoral defeat on a widely loathed neo-Pentecostal bishop considered by some to be the worst mayor in the city's history.

Marcelo Crivella, a gospel-singing preacher who has branded homosexuality a terrible evil" and had shunned Rio's annual carnival, lost in every one of the city's 49 constituencies in Sunday's run-off vote.

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