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Jô Farias

Josefa Medeiros Farias (legal name)
5 elections between 2000 and 2026 · latest party PT
67 years old in 2026 · Female · Secondary education, complete
Vereador
Candidate for State Deputy · Ceará · 2026 elections · PT · no. 13258
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Jô Farias (PT) was elected state deputy for Ceará in 2026, with 79,829 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Jô Farias (Josefa Medeiros Farias) ran in 5 elections between 2000 and 2026, for state deputy, city councillor and mayor. She was elected 3 times: state deputy in 2026 and 2022; city councillor of Horizonte in 2004. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for CE: 79,829 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Ceará, directed R$ 1.5 million in 7 state amendments to the 2024 to 2025 budgets, to 6 municipalities; 0% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for CE, reported R$ 1.2 million in income: R$ 1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 231 thousand from private donations (7 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.1 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 431 thousand), advertising with stickers (R$ 293 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 152 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$ 669 thousand in 2022 and R$ 9 thousand in 2008.

State Deputy · 2026
79,829
votes · CE
ELECTED
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

79,829 votes in 2026 (elected) · 5 elections

The votes of Josefa Medeiros Farias 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.

MayorCity CouncillorState 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$ 1.2 million in income · R$ 1.1 million em gastos contratados

Jô Farias reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in Horizonte (CE) in 2008, and state deputy for Ceará in 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$ 1.2 million in income: R$ 1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 231 thousand from private donations (7 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 1.1 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 431 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 293 thousand); R$ 1 million has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 669 thousand in spending; in 2008, R$ 9 thousand in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 1.2 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 1.1 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1 million paid
Spending in 2022R$ 669 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns32008, 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
2026partialState deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.2 million
7 individual donors
FEFC 81% · individuals 19%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.1 million
paid so far: R$ 1 million (90%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 431 thousand38.3%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 293 thousand26.0%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 152 thousand13.5%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 62 thousand5.5%
  • 10 other categoriesR$ 189 thousand16.8%
2022State deputy, CearáSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 694 thousand
19 individual donors
FEFC 14% · party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals 85%
Spending contracted
R$ 669 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 216 thousand32.3%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 157 thousand23.4%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 71 thousand10.5%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 52 thousand7.7%
  • 14 other categoriesincludes R$ 6 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 173 thousand25.9%
2008City councillor, Horizonte (CE)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 9 thousand
3 individual donors
party and other campaigns 19% · individuals 26% · own funds 55%
Spending contracted
R$ 9 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3 thousand32.3%
  • Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 680.7%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 6 thousand66.9%

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. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026; 2022: 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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Legislative amendments

R$ 1.5 million directed · 0% paid · 7 amendments in 6 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Ceará. 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 Ceará, Jô Farias directed R$ 1.5 million in 7 state amendments to the 2024 to 2025 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 6 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 0% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Fundo Estadual de Saúde (100%). The cities that received the most were Horizonte, Canindé and General Sampaio.2

SponsoredR$ 1.5 million2024 to 2025 budgets
PaidR$ 00% of the amount directed
Amendments7state
Municipalities6different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2025R$ 1 millionR$ 00%21
2024R$ 500 thousandR$ 00%55
TotalR$ 1.5 millionR$ 00%76

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1Fundo Estadual de SaúdeR$ 1.5 million100.0%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1HorizonteR$ 700 thousand46.7%
  2. 2CanindéR$ 100 thousand6.7%
  3. 3General SampaioR$ 100 thousand6.7%

Source: Assembleia Legislativa do Ceará — emendas parlamentares ao orçamento (PCF/individuais), 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.

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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 Ceará state government and the Legislative Assembly of Ceará. 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 Ceará state government and the Legislative Assembly of Ceará. ↩

Candidacies

5 candidacies · elected in 2004, 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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