Celina Leão leads in Federal District race with 53% support

Celina Leão appears poised to win the Federal District gubernatorial election in the first round, holding 53% of valid votes in a Quaest poll, after successfully distancing herself from the BRB banking scandal. The crisis involving Banco de Brasília and Banco Master had plagued her campaign. Leão avoided proposing solutions, such as privatizing the bank or using state assets to resolve it, postponing decisions until after the election and shifting blame to the federal government. Her strategy of creating a distraction around the BRB issue appears to have convinced voters she was not part of the problem, despite being part of Ibaneis Rocha's administration, under which the purchase of Master's securities and the attempted acquisition of the bank occurred.