Pimenta (PT) got 1,870,301 votes for senator for Rio Grande do Sul in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Pimenta (Paulo Roberto Severo Pimenta) ran in 10 elections between 1998 and 2026, for senator, federal deputy, mayor, deputy mayor and state deputy. He was elected 8 times: federal deputy in 2022, 2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 2002; deputy mayor of Santa Maria in 2000; state deputy in 1998. The highest vote was in 2026, for senator for RS: 1,870,301 votes. In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 168.7 million committed in 111 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2026 budgets, to 191 municipalities; 92% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2026 campaign for senator for RS, reported R$ 4.7 million in income: R$ 4.4 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 244 thousand from private donations (37 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 3 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 957 thousand), production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 760 thousand) and staff (R$ 555 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 2.1 million in 2022 (45% on activists and street mobilization) and R$ 996 thousand in 2018.
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Vote trend across elections
1,870,301 votes in 2026 · 10 elections
The votes of Paulo Roberto Severo Pimenta in each election they ran in, from oldest to most recent. All on the same scale (the highest vote recorded); the color shows the office.
State Dep.MayorFederal Dep.Senatorticket votes (running mate/alternate)
The longest bar (the one that goes all the way) is the highest vote recorded for any office, elected or not; it works as a ruler, and all the other bars are proportional to it (the longer the bar, the more votes). What shows whether the person was elected is the fill, not the length: filled (colored) bar = elected; only the dashed outline = not elected; "to the runoff" = went to the runoff. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). From oldest (top) to newest. Click a bar to see the result of that election. The campaign finance report of each candidacy is in the list below.
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Campaign funding
2026 (partial): R$ 4.7 million in income · R$ 3 million em gastos contratados
Pimenta reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022, mayor in Santa Maria (RS) in 2008, and senator for Rio Grande do Sul in 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 4.7 million in income: R$ 4.4 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 244 thousand from private donations (37 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign) and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 3 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 957 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 760 thousand); R$ 1.4 million has already been paid. In 2022, 45% of the R$ 2.1 million in spending went to activists and street mobilization; in 2018, 51% of the R$ 996 thousand in spending went to staff. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 4.7 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 3 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1.4 million paid
Spending in 2022R$ 2.1 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 2006 to 2026
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 54% · companies 34% · own funds 11%
Spending contracted
R$ 588 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 280 thousand47.6%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 83 thousand14.1%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 77 thousand13.0%
StaffR$ 21 thousand3.6%
18 other categoriesincludes R$ 328 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 127 thousand21.6%
Source: campaign finance reports filed with the TSE (open data). Radar do Voto has these data from 2006 on in general elections and from 2008 on in municipal elections; earlier campaigns do not appear. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 2018: TSE data of 13/09/2026. Contracted spending is the total of the expenses the campaign reported; paid is the part already settled (the TSE only publishes the paid amount from 2018 on). The spending categories are the TSE's; the detail by supplier is in the dashboard. Corporate donations have been prohibited since 2015.
R$ 168.7 million committed · 92% paid · 111 amendments in 191 municipalities
Chamber of Deputies. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · data updated on 10/14/20263
In the Chamber of Deputies, Pimenta had R$ 168.7 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 111 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2026 budgets, to 191 municipalities. R$ 154.8 million (92%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Saúde (50%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were Porto Alegre, Santa Maria and Bagé. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 32.6 million in 17 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 81.8 million in 47 amendments; in the 2015 a 2018 legislative term, R$ 54.3 million in 47 amendments.2
CommittedR$ 168.7 million2016 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 154.8 million92% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments111individual
Municipalities191different
By budget year (legislative term 2023 a 2026)
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2026
R$ 32.6 million
R$ 25.1 million
77%
17
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Areas that received the most (2023 a 2026)
1SaúdeR$ 16.3 million49.8%
2Encargos EspeciaisR$ 10.9 million33.4%
3EducaçãoR$ 2.5 million7.7%
Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)
1Porto AlegreR$ 6.5 million19.8%
2Santa MariaR$ 3.2 million9.8%
3BagéR$ 1.1 million3.5%
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the Transparency Portal (CGU) and the Chamber of Deputies website. Radar do Voto is not responsible for decisions made based only on this information. ↩
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Analysis generated with AI. The summary and analysis texts in this section were generated with the help of artificial intelligence from these data and may contain inaccuracies. When in doubt, the numbers from the original source prevail. ↩
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May be out of date. Committed and paid amounts change during the year, and this section may not reflect the most recent publication from the source. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
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Candidacies
10 candidacies · elected in 2014, 2018 and 2022
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Senator · 2026NOT ELECTED1,870,301GRS · 61 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 131 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Federal Deputy · 2022ELECTED223,109GRS · 57 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 1307 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2018ELECTED133,086GRS · 53 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 1307 · see full resultcampaign finance reportChamber of Deputies
Federal Deputy · 2014ELECTED140,868GRS · 49 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 1307 · see full resultcampaign finance reportChamber of Deputies
Mayor · 2008NOT ELECTED58,700LSanta Maria, Rio Grande do Sul · 43 years · Higher education, complete · Jornalista e Redator · PT · no. 13 · see full result
Coligação: PT / PTB / PMN / PSC / PHS / PSB / PR / PTC / PC do B / PRB
Deputy Mayor · 2000ELECTED44,585LSanta Maria, Rio Grande do Sul · 35 years · Higher education, complete · Jornalista · PT · no. 131 · a running mate does not receive individual votes · see full result
Coligação: PT / PSB / PC do B
State Deputy · 1998ELECTED · REMAINDER23,668GRS · 33 years · Higher education, complete · Jornalista · PT · no. 13202 · see full result
Coligação: PC do B / PCB / PSB / PT
G é Eleição Geral: presidente, governador, senador e deputados. L é Eleição Local (municipal): prefeito e vereador. De 1933 a 1990 o TSE não publica cargo municipal, então esses anos são todos G.
A candidacy without votes is a registration that did not reach the ballot: according to the TSE data, a registration not approved, a withdrawal, or a running mate, who does not receive individual votes.
The race or color is the one the person declared to the TSE in the registration of each candidacy. The Court started collecting this information in 2014; that is why it does not appear in earlier candidacies.