Candidate’s sudden death transforms Brazil race

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In this Aug. 6, 2014 photo, Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, left, and his running mate Marina Silva, pose for a photo with the National Confederation of Agriculture President Joao Martins da Silva Junior, in Brasilia, Brazil. The death of Campos in a plane that smashed into a white-collar neighborhood in the port city of Santos Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, is reshuffling the candidates and voter preferences. Political observers say Campos’ socialist party is expected to declare Silva, one of the country’s most popular politicians, as its presidential candidate in the coming days. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s political landscape was being redrawn Thursday, a day after a small plane crash killed a top presidential candidate less than two months before the election.

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