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Teresa Leitão (Maria Teresa Leitão de Melo) ran in 7 elections between 2002 and 2022, for senator, state deputy and mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). She was elected 6 times: senator in 2022; state deputy in 2018, 2014, 2010, 2006 and 2002. The highest vote was in 2022, for senator for PE: 2,061,276 votes. In the Federal Senate, had R$ 190.2 million committed in 59 individual amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets, to 160 municipalities; 85% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2022 campaign for senator for PE, reported R$ 4.5 million in income: R$ 4.4 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 10 thousand from private donations (12 donors) and R$ 20 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 4.5 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 1.6 million), advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.6 million) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 628 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 137 thousand in 2018 and R$ 345 thousand in 2016.
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The votes of Maria Teresa Leitão de Melo 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.
Teresa Leitão reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: state deputy for Pernambuco in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, mayor in Olinda (PE) in 2016, and senator for Pernambuco in 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2022, reported R$ 4.5 million in income: R$ 4.4 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 10 thousand from private donations (12 donors) and R$ 20 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 4.5 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 1.6 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.6 million). In 2018, R$ 137 thousand in spending; in 2016, R$ 345 thousand in committed spending.
Fundraising, where the money came from:
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. 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.
In the Federal Senate, Teresa Leitão had R$ 190.2 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 59 individual amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 160 municipalities. R$ 161.3 million (85%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Saúde (52%). The cities that received the most were Recife, São Lourenço da Mata and Serra Talhada.2
| Budget | Committed | Paid | % paid | Amendments | Municipalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | R$ 54.5 million | R$ 40.3 million | 74% | 17 | 60 |
| 2025 | R$ 66.9 million | R$ 55.8 million | 83% | 23 | 96 |
| 2024 | R$ 66.9 million | R$ 63.4 million | 95% | 16 | 71 |
| Total | R$ 188.2 million | R$ 159.5 million | 85% | 56 | 160 |
Areas that received the most
Municipalities that received the most
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
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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. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Senator · 2022ELECTED2,061,276GPE · 71 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 130 · see full result
State Deputy · 2018ELECTED31,530GPE · 67 years · White · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 13613 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2016NOT ELECTED11,800LOlinda, Pernambuco · 65 years · White · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Médio · PT · no. 13 · see full result
State Deputy · 2014ELECTED38,470GPE · 63 years · White · Higher education, complete · Professor de Ensino Superior · PT · no. 13613 · see full result
State Deputy · 2010ELECTED39,445GPE · 59 years · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 13613 · see full resultG 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.
