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Washington Coração Valente
Washington Stecanela Cerqueira (legal name)
4 elections between 2012 and 2026 · latest party MDB
51 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
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Candidate for Federal Deputy · Distrito Federal · 2026 elections · MDB · no. 1599
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Washington Coração Valente (MDB) became an alternate for federal deputy for Distrito Federal in 2026, with 7,503 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Washington Coração Valente (Washington Stecanela Cerqueira) ran in 4 elections between 2012 and 2026, for federal deputy and city councillor. He was elected 1 time: city councillor of Caxias do Sul in 2012. The highest vote was in 2014, for federal deputy for RS: 33,492 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for DF, reported R$ 505 thousand in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 306 thousand, mainly on property rental (R$ 50 thousand), activists and street mobilization (R$ 36 thousand) and content boosting (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, reported contracted spending of R$ 612 thousand in 2022 and R$ 197 thousand in 2014.

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Vote trend across elections

7,503 votes in 2026 · 4 elections

The votes of Washington Stecanela Cerqueira 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 CouncillorFederal 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$ 505 thousand in income · R$ 306 thousand em gastos contratados

Washington Coração Valente reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: city councillor in Caxias do Sul (RS) in 2012, federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2014, federal deputy for Sergipe in 2022, and federal deputy for Distrito Federal 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$ 505 thousand in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 306 thousand, mainly on property rental (R$ 50 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 36 thousand); R$ 20 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 612 thousand in spending; in 2014, 47% of the R$ 197 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 505 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 306 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 20 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 612 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42012, 2014, 2022 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, Distrito FederalSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 505 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 99% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 306 thousand
paid so far: R$ 20 thousand (7%)
  • Property rentalR$ 50 thousand16.3%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 36 thousand11.8%
  • Content boostingR$ 20 thousand6.5%
  • 1 other categoryincludes R$ 200 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 200 thousand65.4%
2022Federal deputy, SergipeSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 650 thousand
5 individual donors
FEFC 94% · party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 4% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 612 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 149 thousand24.4%
  • Printed materialsR$ 125 thousand20.5%
  • StaffR$ 78 thousand12.7%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 70 thousand11.4%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 3 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 190 thousand31.1%
2014Federal deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 197 thousand
10 individual donors
party 53% · individuals 17% · companies 28% · own funds 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 197 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 93 thousand47.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 35 thousand17.6%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 31 thousand16.0%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 17 thousand8.8%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 20 thousand10.3%
See the previous campaign
2012City councillor, Caxias do Sul (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 76 thousand
12 individual donors
party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 12% · companies 8% · own funds 78%
Spending contracted
R$ 76 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 24 thousand31.7%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 13 thousand17.0%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 11 thousand13.9%
  • Candidacy promotion eventsR$ 7 thousand8.7%
  • 6 other categoriesincludes R$ 40 donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 22 thousand28.7%

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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Candidacies

4 candidacies · elected in 2012

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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