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Tue 10 Oct 2008Local defeat for Brazil's ruling Workers' Party a setback for Lula
AFTER A CAMPAIGN in which it was accused of stirring up homophobia, Brazil's ruling Workers' Party suffered a crushing defeat in the battle for control of South America's biggest city on Sunday.
São Paulo's mayor, Gilberto Kassab of the opposition conservative Democrats, won 61 per cent of the vote in a run-off round against just 39 per cent for Workers' Party candidate Marta Suplicy.
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