Cadu de Lula (PT) advanced to the runoff in the 2026 election for governor of Rio Grande do Norte, with 718,300 votes in the first round, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The runoff is on October 25, 2026. In the 2026 campaign for governor for RN, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 1.6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 60 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 295 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 342 thousand from private donations (96 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 2.9 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 630 thousand), production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 500 thousand) and vehicle lending or rental (R$ 426 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress.
This person runs for the first time in 2026: there is no previous election for them in the TSE data (1933–2026). The data come from the candidacy registration with the TSE (the social media accounts are the ones they reported to the Court).
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Vote trend across elections
718,300 votes in the first round of 2026 · runoff on October 25
The votes of Carlos Eduardo Xavier 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.
the votes come in here with the final result from the TSE
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.
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Campaign funding
2026 (partial): R$ 2.3 million in income · R$ 2.9 million em gastos contratados
Cadu de Lula reported income and spending to the TSE in 1 campaign: governor for Rio Grande do Norte in 2026. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 2.3 million in income: R$ 1.6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 60 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 295 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 342 thousand from private donations (96 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 2.9 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 630 thousand) and production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 500 thousand); R$ 1.7 million has already been paid. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 2.3 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 2.9 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1.7 million paid
Campaigns12026
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
96 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 69% · Party Fund 3% · party and other campaigns 13% · individuals 15%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.9 million
paid so far: R$ 1.7 million (56%)
Third-party servicesR$ 630 thousand21.4%
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 500 thousand17.0%
Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 426 thousand14.5%
Printed materialsR$ 343 thousand11.6%
15 other categoriesincludes R$ 60 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 1 million35.5%
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. 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.
Governor · 2026TO THE RUNOFF718,300GRN · White · Higher education, complete · Engenheiro · PT · no. 13 · see the runoff race, on October 25campaign finance report
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.
