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Douglas Ruas

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Douglas Ruas
Douglas Ruas dos Santos (legal name)
2 elections between 2022 and 2026 · PL
37 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Deputado
Candidate for Governor · Rio de Janeiro · 2026 elections · PL · no. 22
In office
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Douglas Ruas (PL) was elected governor of Rio de Janeiro in 2026, with 4,271,199 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Douglas Ruas (Douglas Ruas dos Santos) ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2026, for governor and state deputy. He was elected 2 times: governor in 2026; state deputy in 2022. The highest vote was in 2026, for governor for RJ: 4,271,199 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, directed R$ 2.5 million in 11 state amendments to the 2024 budget, to 2 municipalities. The source does not publish the payment of each amendment. In the 2026 campaign for governor for RJ, reported R$ 18.3 million in income: R$ 17.8 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 500 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 15.3 million, mainly on staff (R$ 6.7 million), third-party services (R$ 4.6 million) and transportation or travel (R$ 1.3 million). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In the 2022 campaign, already closed, spent R$ 960 thousand.

Governor · 2026
4,271,199
votes · RJ
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

4,271,199 votes in 2026 (elected) · 2 elections

The votes of Douglas Ruas dos Santos 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.Governor

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$ 18.3 million in income · R$ 15.3 million em gastos contratados

Douglas Ruas reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2022, and governor 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$ 18.3 million in income: R$ 17.8 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 500 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 15.3 million, mainly on staff (R$ 6.7 million) and third-party services (R$ 4.6 million); R$ 7.1 million has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 960 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 18.3 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 15.3 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 7.1 million paid
Spending in 2022R$ 960 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns22022 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
2026partialGovernor, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 18.3 million
no donations from individuals
FEFC 97% · party and other campaigns 3% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 15.3 million
paid so far: R$ 7.1 million (46%)
  • StaffR$ 6.7 million43.6%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 4.6 million29.8%
  • Transportation or travelR$ 1.3 million8.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 552 thousand3.6%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 2.2 million14.5%
2022State deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 972 thousand
33 individual donors
individuals 93% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 960 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Content boostingR$ 92 thousand9.6%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 25 thousand2.6%
  • Legal servicesR$ 15 thousand1.6%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 15 thousand1.6%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 788 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 813 thousand84.7%

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. 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$ 2.5 million directed · 11 amendments in 2 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. 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 Rio de Janeiro, Douglas Ruas directed R$ 2.5 million in 11 state amendments to the 2024 budget (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 2 municipalities. The source does not publish the payment of each amendment; that is why only the amount directed appears. The agency that received the most was Seeduc (44%). The cities that received the most were São Gonçalo and Nova Iguaçu.2

SponsoredR$ 2.5 million2024 budget
Paidno datathe source does not publish the payment
Amendments11state
Municipalities2different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2024R$ 2.5 millionno data·112

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1SeeducR$ 1.1 million43.5%
  2. 2FesR$ 569 thousand23.0%
  3. 3Der-rjR$ 537 thousand21.7%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1São GonçaloR$ 1.4 million54.7%
  2. 2Nova IguaçuR$ 260 thousand10.5%

Source: ALERJ / SEPLAG-RJ — Emendas parlamentares impositivas (bases de detalhe 2024-2026 + execução), 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 Rio de Janeiro state government and the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. 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 Rio de Janeiro state government and the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. ↩

Candidacies

2 candidacies · elected in 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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