Dr Pessoa (José Pessoa Leal) ran in 10 elections between 2000 and 2024, for mayor, governor, state deputy and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 6 times: mayor of Teresina in 2020; state deputy in 2014; city councillor of Teresina in 2012, 2008, 2004 and 2000. The highest vote was in 2018, for governor for PI: 355,792 votes. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Teresina/PI, reported R$ 504 thousand in income: R$ 57 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 123 thousand from private donations (19 donors) and R$ 324 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 456 thousand, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 115 thousand), accounting services (R$ 65 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 63 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 1.5 million in 2020 and R$ 472 thousand in 2018.
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Vote trend across elections
10,131 votes in 2024 · 10 elections
The votes of José Pessoa Leal 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 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
2024: R$ 504 thousand in income · R$ 456 thousand em gastos
Dr Pessoa reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: city councillor in Teresina (PI) in 2008 and 2012, state deputy for Piauí in 2014, mayor in Teresina (PI) in 2016, 2020 and 2024, and governor for Piauí in 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 504 thousand in income: R$ 57 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 123 thousand from private donations (19 donors) and R$ 324 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 456 thousand, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 115 thousand) and accounting services (R$ 65 thousand). In 2020, R$ 1.5 million in spending; in 2018, 44% of the R$ 472 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials.
Income in 2024R$ 504 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 456 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 1.5 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 2008 to 2024
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 49 thousand47.1%
Mail and postageR$ 29 thousand27.7%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 14 thousand13.2%
Bens permanentesR$ 5 thousand4.3%
6 other categoriesincludes R$ 2 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 70 donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 8 thousand7.7%
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 11 thousand28.1%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 7 thousand19.4%
Third-party servicesR$ 4 thousand11.6%
FoodR$ 3 thousand7.0%
8 other categoriesR$ 13 thousand33.9%
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; 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.
Mayor · 2020First roundTO THE RUNOFF142,769LTeresina, Piauí · 74 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Médico · MDB · no. 15 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED9,293LTeresina, Piauí · 66 years · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Superior · PSD · no. 55555 · see full result
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.
Mayor · 2024NOT ELECTED10,131LTeresina, Piauí · 78 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Médico · PRD · no. 25 · see full result
Mayor · 2020RunoffELECTED236,339LTeresina, Piauí · 74 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Médico · MDB · no. 15 · see full result
Governor · 2018NOT ELECTED355,792GPI · 72 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Médico · SOLIDARIEDADE · no. 77 · see full result
Mayor · 2016NOT ELECTED171,113LTeresina, Piauí · 70 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Médico · PSD · no. 55 · see full result
State Deputy · 2014ELECTED34,664GPI · 68 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Médico · PSD · no. 55555 · see full result
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED9,293LTeresina, Piauí · 66 years · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Superior · PSD · no. 55555 · see full result
