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Zema
Romeu Zema Neto (legal name)
3 elections between 2018 and 2026 · NOVO
62 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Empresário
Candidate for President · 2026 elections · NOVO · no. 30
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Zema (NOVO) got 326,488 votes for president in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Zema (Romeu Zema Neto) ran in 3 elections between 2018 and 2026, for president and governor. He was elected 2 times: governor in 2022 and 2018. The highest vote was in 2018, for governor for MG: 6,963,806 votes. In the 2026 campaign for president, reported R$ 5.6 million in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 4.3 million from the Party Fund, R$ 457 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 310 thousand from private donations (7 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 5.4 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 3 million), content boosting (R$ 467 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 350 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, reported contracted spending of R$ 17.7 million in 2022 and R$ 5.7 million in 2018.

Governor · 2022
6,094,136
votes · MG
ELECTED
Term ends in 2026
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Vote trend across elections

326,488 votes in 2026 · 3 elections

The votes of Romeu Zema Neto 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.

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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$ 5.6 million in income · R$ 5.4 million em gastos contratados

Zema reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: governor for Minas Gerais in 2018 and 2022, and president 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$ 5.6 million in income: R$ 500 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 4.3 million from the Party Fund, R$ 457 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 310 thousand from private donations (7 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 5.4 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 3 million) and content boosting (R$ 467 thousand); R$ 4.6 million has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 17.7 million in committed spending; in 2018, 52% of the R$ 5.7 million in spending went to third-party services. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 5.6 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 5.4 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 4.6 million paid
Spending in 2022R$ 17.7 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns32018, 2022 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
2026partialPresidentSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 5.6 million
7 individual donors
FEFC 9% · Party Fund 77% · party 8% · individuals 6%
Spending contracted
R$ 5.4 million
paid so far: R$ 4.6 million (86%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 3 million55.5%
  • Content boostingR$ 467 thousand8.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 350 thousand6.5%
  • Legal servicesR$ 300 thousand5.6%
  • 18 other categoriesincludes R$ 53 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 1.3 million23.8%
2022Governor, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 17.3 million
8 individual donors
party and other campaigns 98% · individuals 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 17.7 million
paid: R$ 17.2 million (97%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 7 million39.6%
  • StaffR$ 3.5 million19.6%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 1.6 million8.9%
  • Printed materialsR$ 1 million5.9%
  • 21 other categoriesincludes R$ 337 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 272 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 4.6 million26.1%
2018Governor, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 5.8 million
551 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
party and other campaigns 37% · individuals 59% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 5.7 million
all paid (100%)
  • Third-party servicesR$ 2.9 million51.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 561 thousand9.9%
  • Content boostingR$ 476 thousand8.4%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 432 thousand7.6%
  • 24 other categoriesincludes R$ 213 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 2 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 1.3 million22.5%

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; 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

3 candidacies · elected in 2018 and 2022

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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