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Caren Machado

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Caren Machado
Caren Silva Machado Medeiros (legal name)
4 elections between 2020 and 2026 · latest party PT
48 years old in 2026 · Female · Higher education, complete
Vereador
Candidate for Federal Deputy · Santa Catarina · 2026 elections · PT · no. 1340
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Caren Machado (PT) became an alternate for federal deputy for Santa Catarina in 2026, with 8,801 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Caren Machado (Caren Silva Machado Medeiros) ran in 4 elections between 2020 and 2026, for federal deputy, city councillor and state deputy. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for SC: 8,801 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for SC, reported R$ 438 thousand in income: R$ 424 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 14 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 340 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 163 thousand), content boosting (R$ 50 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 49 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$ 47 thousand in 2024 and R$ 201 thousand in 2022.

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Vote trend across elections

8,801 votes in 2026 · 4 elections

The votes of Caren Silva Machado Medeiros 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$ 438 thousand in income · R$ 340 thousand em gastos contratados

Caren Machado reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: city councillor in Chapecó (SC) in 2020 and 2024, state deputy for Santa Catarina in 2022, and federal deputy for Santa Catarina 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$ 438 thousand in income: R$ 424 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 14 thousand from private donations (an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 340 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 163 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 50 thousand); R$ 312 thousand has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 47 thousand in spending; in 2022, 46% of the R$ 201 thousand in spending went to activists and street mobilization. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 438 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 340 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 312 thousand paid
Spending in 2024R$ 47 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42020, 2022, 2024 and 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)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, Santa CatarinaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 438 thousand
donations from individuals and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 97% · individuals 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 340 thousand
paid so far: R$ 312 thousand (92%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 163 thousand48.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 50 thousand14.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 49 thousand14.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 38 thousand11.2%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 40 thousand11.7%
2024City councillor, Chapecó (SC)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 60 thousand
donations from individuals and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 94% · individuals 2% · own funds 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 47 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • StaffR$ 12 thousand25.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 11 thousand23.1%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 9 thousand18.9%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 5 thousand9.7%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 11 thousand22.4%
2022State deputy, Santa CatarinaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 213 thousand
donations from individuals and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 98% · Party Fund less than 1% · party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 201 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 92 thousand45.5%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 66 thousand32.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 12 thousand6.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 8 thousand4.0%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 3 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 24 thousand11.8%
See the previous campaign
2020City councillor, Chapecó (SC)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 20 thousand
donations from individuals
FEFC 82% · party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 11% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 15 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 9 thousand62.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 4 thousand23.6%
  • Content boostingR$ 1 thousand6.7%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 1 thousand6.7%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 1431.0%

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

4 candidacies

This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.

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