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João Cardoso

Joao Alves Cardoso (legal name)
4 elections between 2014 and 2026 · latest party PL
60 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Servidor Público Estadual
Candidate for District Deputy · Distrito Federal · 2026 elections · PL · no. 22888
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João Cardoso (PL) was elected district deputy of the Federal District in 2026, with 20,622 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). João Cardoso (João Alves Cardoso) ran in 4 elections between 2014 and 2026, for district deputy. He was elected 3 times: district deputy in 2026, 2022 and 2018. The highest vote was in 2026, for district deputy for DF: 20,622 votes. In the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District, directed R$ 63.6 million in 40 state amendments to the 2023 to 2024 budgets, to 3 municipalities; 58% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for district deputy for DF, reported R$ 707 thousand in income: R$ 270 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 50 thousand de outros recursos do partido, R$ 365 thousand from private donations (93 donors) and R$ 20 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 588 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 213 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 158 thousand) and legal services (R$ 60 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$ 116 thousand in 2022 (73% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 30 thousand in 2018.

District Deputy · 2026
20,622
votes · DF
ELECTED · REMAINDER
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

20,622 votes in 2026 (elected) · 4 elections

The votes of Joao Alves Cardoso 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.

District 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$ 707 thousand in income · R$ 588 thousand em gastos contratados

João Cardoso reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: district deputy for Distrito Federal in 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 707 thousand in income: R$ 270 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 50 thousand de outros recursos do partido, R$ 365 thousand from private donations (93 donors) and R$ 20 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 588 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 213 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 158 thousand); R$ 524 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 73% of the R$ 116 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2018, 54% of the R$ 30 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$ 707 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 588 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 524 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 116 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns42014, 2018, 2022 and 2026

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2026partialDistrict deputy, Distrito FederalSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 707 thousand
93 individual donors
FEFC 38% · party 7% · individuals 52% · own funds 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 588 thousand
paid so far: R$ 524 thousand (89%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 213 thousand36.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 158 thousand26.9%
  • Legal servicesR$ 60 thousand10.2%
  • Content boostingR$ 44 thousand7.5%
  • 11 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 113 thousand19.2%
2022District deputy, Distrito FederalSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 153 thousand
45 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 2% · individuals 95% · own funds 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 116 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 84 thousand72.7%
  • Content boostingR$ 8 thousand6.5%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 7 thousand6.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 6 thousand5.1%
  • 6 other categoriesR$ 11 thousand9.2%
2018District deputy, Distrito FederalSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 49 thousand
5 individual donors
party 38% · individuals 61% · own funds 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 30 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 16 thousand54.0%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 8 thousand28.0%
  • Advertising with sound carsR$ 2 thousand7.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand7.0%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 1 thousand3.9%
See the previous campaign
2014District deputy, Distrito FederalSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 16 thousand
no donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 16 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 9 thousand54.6%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 6 thousand39.8%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 9005.6%

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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Legislative amendments

R$ 63.6 million directed · 58% paid · 40 amendments in 3 municipalities

Legislative Chamber of the Federal District. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · may be out of date3 · approximate state figures4

In the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District, João Cardoso directed R$ 63.6 million in 40 state amendments to the 2023 to 2024 budgets, to 3 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 58% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Secretaria de Estado de Turismo do Distrito Federal (52%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were Sobradinho II and Sobradinho. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 37.1 million in 15 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 26.6 million in 25 amendments.2

SponsoredR$ 63.6 million2023 to 2024 budgets
PaidR$ 37.1 million58% of the amount directed
Amendments40state
Municipalities3different
By budget year (legislative term 2023 a 2026)
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2024R$ 37.1 millionR$ 37.1 million100%152

Agencies that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Secretaria de Estado de Turismo do Distrito FederalR$ 19.2 million51.9%
  2. 2Secretaria de Estado de Cultura e Economia Criativa do Distrito FederalR$ 3.8 million10.3%
  3. 3Secretaria de Estado do Esporte e Lazer do Distrito FederalR$ 3.8 million10.3%

Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Sobradinho IIR$ 23.5 million63.5%
  2. 2SobradinhoR$ 6.5 million17.6%

Source: Camara Legislativa do DF — dados abertos, organized by Radar do Voto. The total leaves out blocked amendments and caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author. "Paid" is the current stage of each amendment at the source.

See all amendments in the Amendments Radar ›

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    Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the transparency portal of the Distrito Federal state government and the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District. Radar do Voto is not responsible for decisions made based only on this information. ↩

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    Analysis generated with AI. The summary and analysis texts in this section were generated with the help of artificial intelligence from these data and may contain inaccuracies. When in doubt, the numbers from the original source prevail. ↩

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    May be out of date. Committed and paid amounts change during the year, and this section may not reflect the most recent publication from the source. ↩

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    About the state data. Each state publishes legislative amendments in its own format, with different levels of detail and publication deadlines. That is why there may be amendments without an identified municipality, amounts reallocated to another purpose and payments that only appear at the source some time later. The state figures in this profile are an approximation: before any formal use, check the transparency portal of the Distrito Federal state government and the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District. ↩

Candidacies

4 candidacies · elected in 2018, 2022 and 2026

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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