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Rio's Mayo Eduardo Paes overwhelmingly won re-election...and will continue to oversee preparations there for Brasil's crucial 2016 Olympics.
Paes finished well ahead...64.4%...of left-wing challenger Marcelo Freixo.
In Sao Paulo...Jose Serra was forced into a second round against Fernando Haddad.
Newcomer former consumer rights champion...Celso Russomano...failed to make the cut.
Across Brasil...more than 5,000 mayoral posts were decided...as a new clean records law went into effect.
It bars people convicted of mostly major crimes from serving elected office for 8 years...including fraud, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering and sexual assault.
The law is the first product of a grassroots reform effort...via internet and email.
