Manuela d'Ávila Loses Senate Race in Rio Grande do Sul
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Manuela d'Ávila did not win a seat in the Senate.
She was a candidate in Rio Grande do Sul, a state in Brazil.
The election happened in 2026.
Many people wanted to be senators from this state.
Two men won the Senate seats.
Their names are Sanderson and Marcel Van Hattem.
The race for these seats was very close.
A Senate seat is an important job in government.
Senators make laws for the whole country.
People in Rio Grande do Sul voted for their favorite candidates.
Manuela d'Ávila has been in politics before.
This time, she did not get enough votes to win.
Vocabulary15 words
- candidate
- a person who wants to win an election
- election
- when people vote to choose a leader
- race
- a competition between people
- votes
- choices people make in an election
- Senate
- a group of people who help make laws
- seat
- a position or job in government
- politics
- work about running a country or state
- government
- the people who run a country
- state
- a large part of a country
- laws
- rules that everyone must follow
- win
- to be the best or first
- lose
- to not win
- close
- almost the same; very near
- country
- a nation with its own government
- job
- work that a person does
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1. A Senate seat 2. Sanderson and Marcel Van Hattem 3. True
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Manuela d'Ávila did not win a seat in the _____.
She was a _____ in Rio Grande do Sul, a state in Brazil.
The _____ happened in 2026.
Many people wanted to be senators from this state.
Two men won the Senate seats.
Their names are Sanderson and Marcel Van Hattem.
The _____ for these seats was very close.
A Senate seat is an important job in _____.
Senators make _____ for the whole country.
People in Rio Grande do Sul voted for their favorite candidates.
Manuela d'Ávila has been in _____ before.
This time, she did not get enough _____ to win.
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