Sarney (José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa) ran in 9 elections between 1954 and 2006, for senator, governor and federal deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 8 times: senator in 2006, 1998, 1990, 1978 and 1970; governor in 1965; federal deputy in 1962 and 1958. The highest vote was in 1978, for senator for MA: 409,633 votes. In the 2006 campaign for senator for AP, reported R$ 1.7 million in income: R$ 548 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 340 thousand from private donations (3 donors), R$ 760 thousand from companies and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.7 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 520 thousand), publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixas (R$ 308 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 278 thousand).
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Vote trend across elections
152,486 votes in 2006 (elected) · 4 elections
The votes of José Sarney 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
2006: R$ 1.7 million in income · R$ 1.7 million em gastos contratados
Sarney reported income and spending to the TSE in 1 campaign: senator for Amapá in 2006. In the most recent campaign, in 2006, reported R$ 1.7 million in income: R$ 548 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 340 thousand from private donations (3 donors), R$ 760 thousand from companies and R$ 50 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.7 million, mainly on third-party services (R$ 520 thousand) and publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixas (R$ 308 thousand).
Income in 2006R$ 1.7 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2006R$ 1.7 millioncontracted
Campaigns12006
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
party and other campaigns 32% · individuals 20% · companies 45% · own funds 3%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.7 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Third-party servicesR$ 520 thousand30.7%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 308 thousand18.2%
Printed materialsR$ 278 thousand16.4%
Advertising with sound carsR$ 137 thousand8.1%
21 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 454 thousand26.7%
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. 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.
Senator · 1990ELECTED53,004GAP · 60 years · PMDB · no. 151 · see full resultFederal Senate
Senator · 1978ELECTED409,633GMA · 48 years · ARENA · see full resultFederal Senate
Senator · 1970ELECTED236,618GMA · 40 years · ARENA · see full resultFederal Senate
Governor · 1965ELECTED121,062GMA · 35 years · UDN · see full result
Federal Deputy · 1962ELECTED21,294GMA · 32 years · see full resultChamber of Deputies
Federal Deputy · 1958ELECTED17,189GMA · 28 years · see full resultChamber of Deputies
Federal Deputy · 1954ALTERNATE3,271GMA · 24 years · PSD · 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.
