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Sargento Neto

João Gomes de Souza Neto (legal name)
5 elections between 2016 and 2026 · latest party PL
52 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Deputado
Candidate for State Deputy · Paraíba · 2026 elections · PL · no. 22999
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Sargento Neto (PL) was elected state deputy for Paraíba in 2026, with 42,452 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Sargento Neto (João Gomes de Souza Neto) ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2026, for state deputy and city councillor. He was elected 4 times: state deputy in 2026 and 2022; city councillor of Campina Grande in 2020 and 2016. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for PB: 42,452 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba, directed R$ 8.1 million in 49 state amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets, to 20 municipalities; 75% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for PB, reported R$ 386 thousand in income: R$ 350 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 30 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 321 thousand, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 65 thousand), activists and street mobilization (R$ 61 thousand) and legal services (R$ 40 thousand). Partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026: the campaign finance report for this election is still in progress. In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 60 thousand in 2022 (64% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 8 thousand in 2020.

State Deputy · 2026
42,452
votes · PB
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

42,452 votes in 2026 (elected) · 5 elections

The votes of João Gomes de Souza 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$ 386 thousand in income · R$ 321 thousand em gastos contratados

Sargento Neto reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: city councillor in Campina Grande (PB) in 2016 and 2020, and state deputy for Paraíba in 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$ 386 thousand in income: R$ 350 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 6 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 30 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 321 thousand, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 65 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 61 thousand); R$ 192 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 64% of the R$ 60 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2020, 42% of the R$ 8 thousand in spending went to advertising with stickers. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 18/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 386 thousandpartial, until 18/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 321 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 192 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 60 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2016 to 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
2026partialState deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 386 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 91% · party and other campaigns 2% · own funds 8%
Spending contracted
R$ 321 thousand
paid so far: R$ 192 thousand (60%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 65 thousand20.4%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 61 thousand19.1%
  • Legal servicesR$ 40 thousand12.5%
  • Serviços próprios prestados por terceirosR$ 31 thousand9.6%
  • 10 other categoriesR$ 123 thousand38.5%
2022State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 65 thousand
10 individual donors
Party Fund 31% · individuals 61% · own funds 8%
Spending contracted
R$ 60 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 38 thousand64.0%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 10 thousand16.7%
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 5 thousand7.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 4 thousand6.6%
  • 2 other categoriesR$ 3 thousand5.1%
2020City councillor, Campina Grande (PB)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 8 thousand
4 individual donors
individuals 72% · own funds 28%
Spending contracted
R$ 8 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 4 thousand42.4%
  • Accounting servicesR$ 2 thousand18.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 1 thousand15.7%
  • Legal servicesR$ 1 thousand12.1%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 96011.6%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2018State deputy, ParaíbaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 12 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns 84% · individuals 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 12 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 5 thousand43.8%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3 thousand28.1%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 2 thousand18.9%
  • Content boostingR$ 1 thousand8.3%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 1110.9%
2016City councillor, Campina Grande (PB)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 9 thousand
6 individual donors
party and other campaigns 32% · individuals 68%
Spending contracted
R$ 9 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 5 thousand54.0%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 2 thousand22.0%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 8078.9%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 8008.8%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 5796.4%

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 18/10/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Legislative amendments

R$ 8.1 million directed · 75% paid · 49 amendments in 20 municipalities

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

In the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba, Sargento Neto directed R$ 8.1 million in 49 state amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 20 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 75% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Secretaria de Estado da Saúde (32%). The cities that received the most were Campina Grande, Mogeiro and Ingá.2

SponsoredR$ 8.1 million2024 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 6 million75% of the amount directed
Amendments49state
Municipalities20different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 4.9 millionR$ 3.8 million76%2516
2024R$ 3.1 millionR$ 2.2 million72%249
TotalR$ 8.1 millionR$ 6 million75%4920

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1Secretaria de Estado da SaúdeR$ 2.6 million32.0%
  2. 2Secretaria Estadual de SaúdeR$ 2.1 million25.5%
  3. 3Fundo de Desenvolvimento do Estado da ParaíbaR$ 1.8 million22.6%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1Campina GrandeR$ 2 million25.1%
  2. 2MogeiroR$ 680 thousand8.4%
  3. 3IngáR$ 660 thousand8.2%

Source: Portal da Transparencia da Paraiba / API de Dados Abertos (dados.pb.gov.br) — emendas impositivas 2023-2026, 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 Paraíba state government and the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba. 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 Paraíba state government and the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba. ↩

Candidacies

5 candidacies · elected in 2020, 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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