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Rubem de Castro

8 elections between 1996 and 2026 · latest party PL
77 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Aposentado (exceto Servidor Público)
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Rio Grande do Sul · 2026 elections · PL · no. 2254
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Rubem de Castro (PL) became an alternate for federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2026, with 172 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Rubem de Castro ran in 8 elections between 1996 and 2026, for federal deputy, state deputy and city councillor. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2006, for state deputy for RS: 410 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for RS, reported R$ 100 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 79 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 26 thousand), activists and street mobilization (R$ 21 thousand) and materiais de expediente (R$ 13 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, spent R$ 15 thousand in 2022 (63% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 2 thousand in 2020.

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Vote trend across elections

172 votes in 2026 · 8 elections

The votes of Rubem de Castro 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 CouncillorState Dep.Federal 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$ 100 thousand in income · R$ 79 thousand em gastos contratados

Rubem de Castro reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2006 and 2022, city councillor in Porto Alegre (RS) in 2008 and 2020, and federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul 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$ 100 thousand in income, from the Electoral Fund (FEFC). Contracted spending totals R$ 79 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 26 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 21 thousand); R$ 79 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 63% of the R$ 15 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2020, 100% of the R$ 2 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 100 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 79 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 79 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 15 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2006 to 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 100 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 79 thousand
paid so far: R$ 79 thousand (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 26 thousand32.9%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 21 thousand26.6%
  • Materiais de expedienteR$ 13 thousand17.0%
  • StaffR$ 8 thousand10.1%
  • 2 other categoriesR$ 11 thousand13.3%
2022State deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 31 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 63% · Party Fund 17% · party 19%
Spending contracted
R$ 15 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 9 thousand62.8%
  • Mail and postageR$ 4 thousand25.1%
  • Materiais de expedienteR$ 1 thousand8.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 5003.4%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 650.4%
2020City councillor, Porto Alegre (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 4 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 13% · party and other campaigns 45% · own funds 42%
Spending contracted
R$ 2 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand100.0%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2008City councillor, Porto Alegre (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 55% · individuals 5% · companies 31% · own funds 9%
Spending contracted
R$ 1 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Despesas postaisR$ 53636.2%
  • Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 1016.8%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 84657.1%
2006State deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 10 thousand
no donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 50% · companies 43% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 10 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Despesas postaisR$ 5925.9%
  • Materiais de expedienteR$ 590.6%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 500.5%
  • Impostos, contribuições e taxasR$ 300.3%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 9 thousand92.7%

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; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026. 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

8 candidacies

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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