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Branco Mendes
Ataídes Mendes Pedrosa (legal name)
9 elections between 1996 and 2026 · latest party REPUBLICANOS
70 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Agricultor
Candidate for State Deputy · Paraíba · 2026 elections · REPUBLICANOS · no. 10888
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Branco Mendes (REPUBLICANOS) was elected state deputy for Paraíba in 2026, with 33,817 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Branco Mendes (Ataídes Mendes Pedrosa) ran in 9 elections between 1996 and 2026, for state deputy and mayor. He was elected 8 times: state deputy in 2026, 2022, 2018, 2014, 2010 and 2006; mayor of Alhandra in 2000 and 1996. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for PB: 33,817 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba, directed R$ 12.3 million in 67 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 18 municipalities; 67% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for PB, reported R$ 221 thousand in income: R$ 95 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 105 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 1 thousand from private donations and R$ 20 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 187 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 99 thousand), advertising with stickers (R$ 39 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 20 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$ 182 thousand in 2022 (53% on advertising with stickers) and R$ 111 thousand in 2020.

State Deputy · 2026
33,817
votes · PB
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

33,817 votes in 2026 (elected) · 9 elections

The votes of Ataídes Mendes Pedrosa 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.

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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. 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.

Campaign funding

2026 (partial): R$ 221 thousand in income · R$ 187 thousand em gastos contratados

Branco Mendes reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: state deputy for Paraíba in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, and mayor in Alhandra (PB) in 2020. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 221 thousand in income: R$ 95 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 105 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 1 thousand from private donations and R$ 20 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 187 thousand, mainly on third-party services (R$ 99 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 39 thousand); R$ 69 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 53% of the R$ 182 thousand in spending went to advertising with stickers; in 2020, 70% of the R$ 111 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 221 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 187 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 69 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 182 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 2006 to 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 221 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 43% · Party Fund 48% · individuals less than 1% · own funds 9%
Spending contracted
R$ 187 thousand
paid so far: R$ 69 thousand (37%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 99 thousand52.8%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 39 thousand20.9%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 20 thousand10.7%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 19 thousand10.2%
  • 2 other categoriesR$ 10 thousand5.4%
2022State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 199 thousand
3 individual donors
party and other campaigns 84% · individuals 6% · own funds 10%
Spending contracted
R$ 182 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 96 thousand52.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 36 thousand19.9%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 15 thousand8.3%
  • Legal servicesR$ 10 thousand5.5%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 1 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 24 thousand13.4%
2020Mayor, Alhandra (PB)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 115 thousand
9 individual donors
FEFC 26% · individuals 64% · own funds 10%
Spending contracted
R$ 111 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 77 thousand70.1%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 7 thousand6.3%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 6 thousand5.4%
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 5 thousand4.5%
  • 3 other categoriesincludes R$ 6 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 15 thousand13.7%
See the 4 previous campaigns
2018State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 110 thousand
7 individual donors
party and other campaigns 53% · individuals 26% · own funds 21%
Spending contracted
R$ 93 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 34 thousand37.1%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 30 thousand32.0%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 17 thousand18.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 3 thousand3.2%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 2 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 9 thousand9.4%
2014State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 214 thousand
5 individual donors
party and other campaigns 49% · individuals 13% · companies 37% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 214 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 95 thousand44.5%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 38 thousand17.7%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 32 thousand14.7%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 20 thousand9.2%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 508 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 30 thousand13.8%
2010State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 104 thousand
5 individual donors
party and other campaigns 6% · individuals 32% · companies 24% · own funds 38%
Spending contracted
R$ 104 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 46 thousand43.6%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 7 thousand6.9%
  • Property rentalR$ 3 thousand2.9%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 3 thousand2.7%
  • 9 other categoriesincludes R$ 1 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 46 thousand43.9%
2006State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 41 thousand
8 individual donors
individuals 44% · companies 56%
Spending contracted
R$ 41 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 21 thousand51.6%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 3 thousand7.2%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 2 thousand6.0%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 1 thousand3.3%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 2 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 13 thousand31.9%

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; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026; 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.

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Legislative amendments

R$ 12.3 million directed · 67% paid · 67 amendments in 18 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Paraíba. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · may be out of date3 · approximate state figures4

In the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba, Branco Mendes directed R$ 12.3 million in 67 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 18 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 67% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Secretaria de Estado da Saúde (59%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were João Pessoa, Aguiar and Campina Grande. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 9.3 million in 47 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 3 million in 20 amendments.2

SponsoredR$ 12.3 million2023 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 8.2 million67% of the amount directed
Amendments67state
Municipalities18different
By budget year (legislative term 2023 a 2026)
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 4.7 millionR$ 1.8 million37%184
2025R$ 4.6 millionR$ 4 million87%2912
Legislative term 2023 a 2026R$ 9.3 millionR$ 5.7 million62%4714

Agencies that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Secretaria de Estado da SaúdeR$ 5.5 million59.1%
  2. 2Fundo Estadual de Assistência SocialR$ 2.7 million28.6%
  3. 3Fundo do Desenvolvimento do Estado da ParaíbaR$ 520 thousand5.6%

Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1João PessoaR$ 5.4 million58.4%
  2. 2AguiarR$ 600 thousand6.5%
  3. 3Campina GrandeR$ 530 thousand5.7%

Source: Portal da Transparencia da Paraiba / API de Dados Abertos (dados.pb.gov.br) — emendas impositivas 2023-2026, organized by Radar do Voto. The total leaves out blocked amendments and caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author. "Paid" is the current stage of each amendment at the source.

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    Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the transparency portal of the Paraíba state government and the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba. 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. ↩

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    About the state data. Each state publishes legislative amendments in its own format, with different levels of detail and publication deadlines. That is why there may be amendments without an identified municipality, amounts reallocated to another purpose and payments that only appear at the source some time later. The state figures in this profile are an approximation: before any formal use, check the transparency portal of the Paraíba state government and the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba. ↩

Candidacies

9 candidacies · elected in 2018, 2022 and 2026

This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.

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.

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