Governor Doria wins bid to run for Brazil's presidency, polls show him far behind


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  • Sunday, 28 Nov 2021

FILE PHOTO: Governor of Sao Paulo State Joao Doria greets Governor of Rio Grande do Sul State Eduardo Leite before the center-right Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) meeting for the presidential primary elections in Brasilia, Brazil, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Joao Doria on Saturday won the primaries of his Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) to be their presidential candidate ahead of elections next year.

A businessman and former presenter of the Brazilian edition of "The Apprentice", Doria, 63, is currently governor of Sao Paulo. He has presented himself as a third-way candidate, between the extremes of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist former-leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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