Teresa Surita (MDB) was elected senator for Roraima in 2026, with 117,270 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Teresa Surita (Maria Teresa Saenz Surita Guimarâes) ran in 10 elections between 1990 and 2026, for senator, governor, mayor and federal deputy. She was elected 7 times: senator in 2026; mayor of Boa Vista in 2016, 2012, 2004 and 2000; federal deputy in 2010 and 1990. The highest vote was in 2016, for mayor in Boa Vista/RR: 121,148 votes. In the 2026 campaign for senator for RR, reported R$ 2.5 million in income: R$ 2.5 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 18 thousand from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.4 million, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 374 thousand), election polls or tests (R$ 205 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 108 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$ 3.5 million in 2022 and R$ 1.5 million in 2016.
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Vote trend across elections
117,270 votes in 2026 (elected) · 10 elections
The votes of Maria Teresa Saenz Surita Guimarâes 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.
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Campaign funding
2026 (partial): R$ 2.5 million in income · R$ 1.4 million em gastos contratados
Teresa Surita reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: senator for Roraima in 2006 and 2026, federal deputy for Roraima in 2010, mayor in Boa Vista (RR) in 2012 and 2016, and governor for Roraima in 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 2.5 million in income: R$ 2.5 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 18 thousand from private donations. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.4 million, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 374 thousand) and election polls or tests (R$ 205 thousand); R$ 305 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, R$ 3.5 million in spending; in 2016, R$ 1.5 million in committed spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 2.5 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 1.4 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 305 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 3.5 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns6from 2006 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)
party and other campaigns 7% · individuals 93% · companies less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 4.6 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Locação/cessão de bens móveisR$ 1.4 million30.2%
Fuel and lubricantsR$ 1 million22.6%
Printed materialsR$ 562 thousand12.3%
FoodR$ 475 thousand10.4%
18 other categoriesincludes R$ 145 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 1.1 million24.5%
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. 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.
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Senator · 2026ELECTED117,270GRR · 70 years · White · Higher education, complete · Publicitário · MDB · no. 155 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Governor · 2022NOT ELECTED118,856GRR · 66 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · MDB · no. 15 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 1990ELECTED11,128GRR · 34 years · PDS · no. 1111 · see full result
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.
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.
Senator · 2026ELECTED117,270GRR · 70 years · White · Higher education, complete · Publicitário · MDB · no. 155 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Governor · 2022NOT ELECTED118,856GRR · 66 years · White · Higher education, complete · Administrador · MDB · no. 15 · see full result
Mayor · 2016ELECTED121,148LBoa Vista, Roraima · 60 years · Pardo (mixed race) · Higher education, complete · Prefeito · PMDB · no. 15 · see full result
Mayor · 2012ELECTED57,066LBoa Vista, Roraima · 56 years · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PMDB · no. 15 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2010ELECTED29,804GRR · 54 years · Higher education, complete · PMDB · no. 1510 · see full result
