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Geraldo Rufino

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Geraldo Rufino
Geraldo Aristides Rufino (legal name)
2 elections between 2018 and 2026 · PODE
68 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Empresário
Candidate for Senator · São Paulo · 2026 elections · PODE · no. 200
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Geraldo Rufino (PODE) got 386,468 votes for senator for São Paulo in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Geraldo Rufino (Geraldo Aristides Rufino) ran in 2 elections between 2018 and 2026, for senator and federal deputy. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2026, for senator for SP: 386,468 votes. In the 2026 campaign for senator for SP, reported R$ 6.5 million in income: R$ 6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 470 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 75 thousand from private donations (4 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.7 million, mainly on staff (R$ 888 thousand), mail and postage (R$ 336 thousand) and legal services (R$ 150 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 2018 campaign, already closed, spent R$ 206 thousand, 53% on activists and street mobilization.

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Vote trend across elections

386,468 votes in 2026 · 2 elections

The votes of Geraldo Aristides Rufino 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.

Federal Dep.Senator

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$ 6.5 million in income · R$ 1.7 million em gastos contratados

Geraldo Rufino reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: federal deputy for São Paulo in 2018, and senator for São Paulo 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$ 6.5 million in income: R$ 6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 470 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 75 thousand from private donations (4 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.7 million, mainly on staff (R$ 888 thousand) and mail and postage (R$ 336 thousand); R$ 1.4 million has already been paid. In 2018, 53% of the R$ 206 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$ 6.5 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 1.7 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1.4 million paid
Spending in 2018R$ 206 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns22018 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)
2026partialSenator, São PauloSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 6.5 million
4 individual donors
FEFC 92% · Party Fund 7% · individuals 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.7 million
paid so far: R$ 1.4 million (81%)
  • StaffR$ 888 thousand53.1%
  • Mail and postageR$ 336 thousand20.1%
  • Legal servicesR$ 150 thousand9.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 79 thousand4.7%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 220 thousand13.1%
2018Federal deputy, São PauloSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 236 thousand
5 individual donors
FEFC 23% · Party Fund 2% · party and other campaigns 17% · individuals 58%
Spending contracted
R$ 206 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 109 thousand52.7%
  • Content boostingR$ 50 thousand24.2%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 20 thousand9.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 8 thousand3.6%
  • 2 other categoriesincludes R$ 20 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 20 thousand9.7%

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; 2018: TSE data of 13/09/2026. 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

2 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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