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Firmino Paulo

Firmino Soares Paulo (legal name)
4 elections between 2014 and 2026 · latest party PT
47 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Deputado
Candidate for State Deputy · Piauí · 2026 elections · PT · no. 13789
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Firmino Paulo (PT) was elected state deputy for Piauí in 2026, with 55,146 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Firmino Paulo (Firmino Soares Paulo) ran in 4 elections between 2014 and 2026, for state deputy. He was elected 4 times: state deputy in 2026, 2022, 2018 and 2014. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for PI: 55,146 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Piauí, directed R$ 19.1 million in 103 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 26 municipalities; 63% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for PI, reported R$ 387 thousand in income: R$ 250 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 20 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 43 thousand from private donations and R$ 74 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 239 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 113 thousand), legal services (R$ 30 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$ 243 thousand in 2022 and R$ 318 thousand in 2018.

State Deputy · 2026
55,146
votes · PI
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

55,146 votes in 2026 (elected) · 4 elections

The votes of Firmino Soares Paulo 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.

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$ 387 thousand in income · R$ 239 thousand em gastos contratados

Firmino Paulo reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: state deputy for Piauí in 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 387 thousand in income: R$ 250 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 20 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 43 thousand from private donations and R$ 74 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 239 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 113 thousand) and legal services (R$ 30 thousand); R$ 57 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 243 thousand in spending; in 2018, 47% of the R$ 318 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$ 387 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 239 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 57 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 243 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42014, 2018, 2022 and 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, PiauíSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 387 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 65% · Party Fund 5% · individuals 11% · own funds 19%
Spending contracted
R$ 239 thousand
paid so far: R$ 57 thousand (24%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 113 thousand47.2%
  • Legal servicesR$ 30 thousand12.6%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 20 thousand8.4%
  • StaffR$ 18 thousand7.3%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 59 thousand24.6%
2022State deputy, PiauíSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 288 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 71% · individuals 12% · own funds 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 243 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 86 thousand35.4%
  • Printed materialsR$ 36 thousand14.7%
  • Legal servicesR$ 20 thousand8.2%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 15 thousand6.2%
  • 15 other categoriesincludes R$ 16 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 86 thousand35.5%
2018State deputy, PiauíSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 325 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 31% · Party Fund 62% · individuals 1% · own funds 6%
Spending contracted
R$ 318 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 148 thousand46.6%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 40 thousand12.4%
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 27 thousand8.4%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 25 thousand7.9%
  • 12 other categoriesincludes R$ 5 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 78 thousand24.7%
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2014State deputy, PiauíSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 482 thousand
47 individual donors
party and other campaigns 28% · individuals 42% · companies 24% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 481 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 211 thousand43.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 81 thousand16.7%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 55 thousand11.3%
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveisR$ 32 thousand6.6%
  • 11 other categoriesR$ 103 thousand21.5%

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.

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Legislative amendments

R$ 19.1 million directed · 63% paid · 103 amendments in 26 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Piauí. 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 Piauí, Firmino Paulo directed R$ 19.1 million in 103 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 26 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 63% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Encargos Gerais do Estado (41%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were Itaueira, Flores do Piauí and Bom Jesus. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 16.6 million in 88 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 2.5 million in 15 amendments.2

SponsoredR$ 19.1 million2023 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 12.1 million63% of the amount directed
Amendments103state
Municipalities26different
By budget year (legislative term 2023 a 2026)
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 6.9 millionR$ 00%2216
2025R$ 5.6 millionR$ 5.6 million100%3413
2024R$ 4.1 millionR$ 4 million98%3212
Legislative term 2023 a 2026R$ 16.6 millionR$ 9.7 million58%8826

Agencies that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Encargos Gerais do EstadoR$ 6.8 million41.1%
  2. 2Coordenadoria da Juventude do Estado do Piauí - CojuvR$ 3.2 million19.1%
  3. 3Secretaria da Irrigação e Infraestrutura Hídrica - SefirR$ 2.7 million16.2%

Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1ItaueiraR$ 1.3 million7.5%
  2. 2Flores do PiauíR$ 1 million6.0%
  3. 3Bom JesusR$ 900 thousand5.4%

Source: Assembleia Legislativa do Piaui (ALEPI) e Portal da Transparencia PI — emendas impositivas 2026 (planejado) + execucao 2023–2025, 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.

See all amendments in the Amendments Radar ›

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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 Piauí state government and the Legislative Assembly of Piauí. 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 Piauí state government and the Legislative Assembly of Piauí. ↩

Candidacies

4 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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