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Zé Chico

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Zé Chico
José Francisco Pinto (legal name)
4 elections between 2006 and 2026 · latest party UNIÃO
68 years old in 2026 · Male · Secondary education, complete
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Candidate for Federal Deputy · Bahia · 2026 elections · UNIÃO · no. 4470
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Zé Chico (UNIÃO) became an alternate for federal deputy for Bahia in 2026, with 47,991 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Zé Chico (José Francisco Pinto) ran in 4 elections between 2006 and 2026, for federal deputy and alternate senator. He was elected 1 time: alternate senator in 2006. The highest vote was in 2014, for federal deputy for BA: 55,170 votes. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for BA, reported R$ 2.1 million in income: R$ 1.5 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 403 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 160 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2.1 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.4 million), third-party services (R$ 463 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 60 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 million in 2022 (55% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 349 thousand in 2014.

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Vote trend across elections

47,991 votes in 2026 · 4 elections

The votes of José Francisco Pinto 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.

SenatorFederal Dep.ticket votes (running mate/alternate)

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. The hatched bar marks an executive running mate or an alternate senator: they do not receive individual votes, so the bar shows the ticket votes of the main candidate (hence the "ticket" next to the number). 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$ 2.1 million in income · R$ 2.1 million em gastos contratados

Zé Chico reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: federal deputy for Bahia in 2014, 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$ 2.1 million in income: R$ 1.5 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 403 thousand from the Party Fund and R$ 160 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2.1 million, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 1.4 million) and third-party services (R$ 463 thousand); R$ 1.5 million has already been paid. In 2022, 55% of the R$ 3 million in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2014, 59% of the R$ 349 thousand in committed spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 2.1 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 2.1 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1.5 million paid
Spending in 2022R$ 3 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns32014, 2022 and 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)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialFederal deputy, BahiaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 2.1 million
no donations from individuals
FEFC 73% · Party Fund 20% · own funds 8%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.1 million
paid so far: R$ 1.5 million (71%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 1.4 million68.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 463 thousand22.2%
  • Content boostingR$ 60 thousand2.9%
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 32 thousand1.5%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 107 thousand5.1%
2022Federal deputy, BahiaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 3.1 million
no donations from individuals
FEFC 93% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 3 million
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 1.7 million54.6%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 850 thousand28.0%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 273 thousand9.0%
  • Property rentalR$ 80 thousand2.6%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 176 thousand5.8%
2014Federal deputy, BahiaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 349 thousand
donations from individuals
party and other campaigns less than 1% · individuals less than 1% · companies 1% · own funds 97%
Spending contracted
R$ 349 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 205 thousand58.6%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 92 thousand26.4%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 20 thousand5.7%
  • Mail and postageR$ 11 thousand3.1%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 7 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 21 thousand6.1%

Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.

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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Candidacies

4 candidacies · elected in 2006

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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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.