Brazilian Ex-Judge Moro Grows as Alternative to Lula, Bolsonaro in Poll

  • Sergio Moro emerges as third-way candidate in opinion survey
  • That’s the first major poll published after he joined a party
Sergio Moro, former Carwash corruption probe judge, after an interview in BrasiliaPhotographer: Gustavo Minas/Bloomberg
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Ex-judge Sergio Moro is consolidating his position as an alternative to the right-left polarization that’s so far expected to grip Brazil’s presidential election next year -- if he can make it to the runoff.

The man who became famous for jailing Brazil’s political and business elite during the so-called Carwash graft probe saw his poll numbers rise substantially in the first major survey of voting intention published after he joined a political party and informally threw his hat into the ring.