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Zé Luís

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Zé Luís
José Luís Nunes do Couto (legal name)
7 elections between 1996 and 2024 · latest party PSD
54 years old in 2024 · Male · Higher education, complete
Professor de Ensino Médio
social media reported to the TSE

Zé Luís (José Luís Nunes do Couto) ran in 7 elections between 1996 and 2024, for city councillor and deputy mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 3 times: city councillor of São José dos Campos in 2024, 2020 and 2004. The highest vote was in 2024, for city councillor in São José dos Campos/SP: 6,891 votes. In the 2024 campaign for city councillor in São José dos Campos/SP, reported R$ 213 thousand in income: R$ 120 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 3 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 90 thousand from private donations (10 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 198 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 49 thousand), activists and street mobilization (R$ 40 thousand) and creation and inclusion of web pages (R$ 30 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 70 thousand in 2020 (74% on staff) and R$ 26 thousand in 2016.

City Councillor · 2024
6,891
votes · São José dos Campos, São Paulo
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

6,891 votes in 2024 (elected) · 7 elections

The votes of José Luís Nunes do Couto 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 CouncillorMayorticket 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

2024: R$ 213 thousand in income · R$ 198 thousand em gastos

Zé Luís reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: city councillor in São José dos Campos (SP) in 2008, 2016, 2020 and 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 213 thousand in income: R$ 120 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 3 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 90 thousand from private donations (10 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 198 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 49 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 40 thousand). In 2020, 74% of the R$ 70 thousand in spending went to staff; in 2016, 41% of the R$ 26 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials.

Income in 2024R$ 213 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 198 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 70 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42008, 2016, 2020 and 2024

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
2024City councillor, São José dos Campos (SP)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 213 thousand
10 individual donors
FEFC 56% · party 1% · individuals 42%
Spending contracted
R$ 198 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 49 thousand24.5%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 40 thousand20.1%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 30 thousand15.1%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 25 thousand12.6%
  • 12 other categoriesincludes R$ 241 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 55 thousand27.6%
2020City councillor, São José dos Campos (SP)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 79 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 85% · party and other campaigns 6% · individuals 6% · own funds 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 70 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • StaffR$ 51 thousand73.6%
  • FoodR$ 7 thousand10.6%
  • Content boostingR$ 4 thousand5.4%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 1 thousand1.6%
  • 4 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 6 thousand8.8%
2016City councillor, São José dos Campos (SP)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 26 thousand
12 individual donors
party and other campaigns 6% · individuals 75% · own funds 19%
Spending contracted
R$ 26 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 11 thousand40.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 4 thousand16.6%
  • Property rentalR$ 2 thousand8.7%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 2 thousand5.9%
  • 5 other categoriesincludes R$ 5 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 7 thousand27.8%
See the previous campaign
2008City councillor, São José dos Campos (SP)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 47 thousand
19 individual donors
party and other campaigns 31% · individuals 48% · companies 5% · own funds 15%
Spending contracted
R$ 47 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 9 thousand20.2%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 4 thousand8.5%
  • Despesas postaisR$ 2 thousand4.4%
  • TelephoneR$ 1 thousand2.6%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 30 thousand64.3%

Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.

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. 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Candidacies

7 candidacies · elected in 2004, 2020 and 2024

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.

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.