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Bibi Costa

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Bibi Costa
Rivaldo Costa (legal name)
4 elections between 2000 and 2026 · latest party PL
72 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Advogado
Candidate for State Deputy · Rio Grande do Norte · 2026 elections · PL · no. 22322
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Bibi Costa (PL) became an alternate for state deputy for Rio Grande do Norte in 2026, with 4,176 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Bibi Costa (Rivaldo Costa) ran in 4 elections between 2000 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor and deputy mayor. He was elected 2 times: mayor of Caicó in 2008 and 2004. The highest vote was in 2008, for mayor in Caicó/RN: 17,807 votes. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for RN, reported R$ 300 thousand in income: R$ 200 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 100 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 211 thousand, mainly on advertising with sound cars (R$ 75 thousand), third-party services (R$ 55 thousand) and legal services (R$ 30 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 2008 campaign, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 208 thousand.

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Vote trend across elections

4,176 votes in 2026 · 4 elections

The votes of Rivaldo Costa 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.

MayorState Dep.ticket 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$ 300 thousand in income · R$ 211 thousand em gastos contratados

Bibi Costa reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: mayor in Caicó (RN) in 2008, and state deputy for Rio Grande do Norte 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$ 300 thousand in income: R$ 200 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 100 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 211 thousand, mainly on advertising with sound cars (R$ 75 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 55 thousand); R$ 74 thousand has already been paid. In 2008, R$ 208 thousand in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 300 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 211 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 74 thousand paid
Spending in 2008R$ 208 thousandcontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns22008 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, Rio Grande do NorteSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 300 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 67% · own funds 33%
Spending contracted
R$ 211 thousand
paid so far: R$ 74 thousand (35%)
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 75 thousand35.6%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 55 thousand26.1%
  • Legal servicesR$ 30 thousand14.3%
  • Printed materialsR$ 26 thousand12.2%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 25 thousand11.8%
2008Mayor, Caicó (RN)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 208 thousand
13 individual donors
individuals 15% · own funds 85%
Spending contracted
R$ 208 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Third-party servicesR$ 42 thousand20.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 40 thousand19.5%
  • Publicidade por telemarketingR$ 35 thousand16.8%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 15 thousand7.2%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 17 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 76 thousand36.3%

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

4 candidacies · elected in 2004 and 2008

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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