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Carlos Portinho

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Carlos Portinho
Carlos Francisco Portinho (legal name)
3 elections between 2016 and 2026 · latest party PL
53 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Senador
Candidate for Senator · Rio de Janeiro · 2026 elections · PL · no. 222
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Carlos Portinho (PL) was elected senator for Rio de Janeiro in 2026, with 4,264,932 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Carlos Portinho (Carlos Francisco Portinho) ran in 3 elections between 2016 and 2026, for senator, alternate senator and city councillor. He was elected 2 times: senator in 2026; alternate senator in 2018. The highest vote was in 2026, for senator for RJ: 4,264,932 votes. In the 2026 campaign for senator for RJ, reported R$ 5.5 million in income: R$ 5.3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 235 thousand from private donations (27 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 4.5 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 3.3 million), advertising with printed materials (R$ 387 thousand) and staff (R$ 380 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In the 2016 campaign, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 224 thousand, 46% on activists and street mobilization.

Senator · 2026
4,264,932
votes · RJ
ELECTED
Term ends in 2034
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Vote trend across elections

4,264,932 votes in 2026 (elected) · 3 elections

The votes of Carlos Francisco Portinho 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.

City CouncillorSenatorticket 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.

Campaign funding

2026 (partial): R$ 5.5 million in income · R$ 4.5 million em gastos contratados

Carlos Portinho reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: city councillor in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 2016, and senator for Rio de Janeiro 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$ 5.5 million in income: R$ 5.3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 235 thousand from private donations (27 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 4.5 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 3.3 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 387 thousand); R$ 4.3 million has already been paid. In 2016, 46% of the R$ 224 thousand in committed spending went to activists and street mobilization. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 5.5 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 4.5 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 4.3 million paid
Spending in 2016R$ 224 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns22016 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialSenator, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 5.5 million
27 individual donors
FEFC 96% · individuals 4%
Spending contracted
R$ 4.5 million
paid so far: R$ 4.3 million (96%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 3.3 million72.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 387 thousand8.6%
  • StaffR$ 380 thousand8.4%
  • Content boostingR$ 290 thousand6.4%
  • 6 other categoriesincludes R$ 70 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 200 thousand4.4%
2016City councillor, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 224 thousand
5 individual donors
party and other campaigns 26% · individuals 28% · own funds 46%
Spending contracted
R$ 224 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 104 thousand46.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 39 thousand17.4%
  • StaffR$ 13 thousand5.8%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 7 thousand3.1%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 50 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 61 thousand27.4%

Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.

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. 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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Candidacies

3 candidacies · elected in 2018 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.

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.