2022 Federal District gubernatorial election

The 2022 Federal District election was held on 2 October as part of the 2022 Brazilian general election. The district electors able to vote in a Governor and Vice Governor, one Senator, 8 members for the Chamber of Deputies and 24 members for the Legislative Chamber.

The Governor and Vice Governor elected in this election will have a longer term. This is due to a Constitutional Amendment that fixed the new inauguration date for Governors and Vice Governors for 6 January subsequent to the election.

Governor Ibaneis Rocha (MDB) was eligible for a second term and ran for re-election. Arruda was re-elected in first round with 50.3% of valid votes. Legislate Chamber lawmake Leandro Grass (PV) placed second with 26.26% of valid votes and former governor Paulo Octávio (PSD) placed third with 7.48% of valid votes.

Debates
For the first time in the Brazilian general elections since 1989, television and radio stations, newspapers and news websites group themselves into pools to hold gubernatorial debates, by request of the campaigns in order to reduce the number of debates scheduled for the 2022 elections.

As of 29 August 2022, the following presidential debates were held or scheduled (times in UTC−03:00):