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Jose Esmeraldo

Jose Esmeraldo de Freitas (legal name)
10 elections between 1994 and 2026 · latest party UNIÃO
80 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Engenheiro
Candidate for State Deputy · Espírito Santo · 2026 elections · UNIÃO · no. 44222
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Jose Esmeraldo (UNIÃO) was elected state deputy for Espírito Santo in 2026, with 20,394 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Jose Esmeraldo (José Esmeraldo de Freitas) ran in 10 elections between 1994 and 2026, for state deputy, city councillor and alternate senator. He was elected 7 times: state deputy in 2026, 2022, 2018, 2010, 2002 and 1998; city councillor of Vitória in 1996. The highest vote was in 2002, for state deputy for ES: 24,555 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Espírito Santo, directed R$ 17.5 million in 334 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 33 municipalities; 77% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for ES, reported R$ 265 thousand in income: R$ 242 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 4 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 6 thousand from private donations (3 donors) and R$ 13 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 160 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 108 thousand), legal services (R$ 14 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 13 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, spent R$ 142 thousand in 2022 (43% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 199 thousand in 2018.

State Deputy · 2026
20,394
votes · ES
ELECTED · REMAINDER
Term ends in 2030
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Vote trend across elections

20,394 votes in 2026 (elected) · 10 elections

The votes of Jose Esmeraldo de Freitas 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.

SenatorCity CouncillorState 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$ 265 thousand in income · R$ 160 thousand em gastos contratados

Jose Esmeraldo reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: state deputy for Espírito Santo in 2006, 2010, 2014, 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$ 265 thousand in income: R$ 242 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 4 thousand de outras campanhas, R$ 6 thousand from private donations (3 donors) and R$ 13 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 160 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 108 thousand) and legal services (R$ 14 thousand); R$ 48 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 43% of the R$ 142 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2018, 67% of the R$ 199 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 265 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 160 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 48 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 142 thousandcampaign 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)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 265 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 91% · party and other campaigns 1% · individuals 2% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 160 thousand
paid so far: R$ 48 thousand (30%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 108 thousand67.8%
  • Legal servicesR$ 14 thousand8.5%
  • Content boostingR$ 13 thousand8.1%
  • Mail and postageR$ 6 thousand4.0%
  • 5 other categoriesR$ 19 thousand11.6%
2022State deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 167 thousand
no donations from individuals
FEFC 45% · party and other campaigns 15% · own funds 40%
Spending contracted
R$ 142 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 61 thousand43.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 20 thousand14.1%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 19 thousand13.6%
  • Mail and postageR$ 12 thousand8.5%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 30 thousand20.8%
2018State deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 217 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 46% · party and other campaigns 1% · individuals 3% · own funds 50%
Spending contracted
R$ 199 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 133 thousand66.6%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 20 thousand10.2%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 17 thousand8.6%
  • Mail and postageR$ 14 thousand7.3%
  • 4 other categoriesR$ 15 thousand7.4%
See the 3 previous campaigns
2014State deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 279 thousand
3 individual donors
party and other campaigns 62% · individuals 1% · companies 20% · own funds 17%
Spending contracted
R$ 279 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 174 thousand62.2%
  • Mail and postageR$ 27 thousand9.6%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 27 thousand9.6%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 16 thousand5.6%
  • 12 other categoriesincludes R$ 340 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 36 thousand13.0%
2010State deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 182 thousand
no donations from individuals
Party Fund 11% · party and other campaigns less than 1% · companies 36% · own funds 53%
Spending contracted
R$ 182 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 77 thousand41.9%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 36 thousand19.7%
  • Despesas postaisR$ 22 thousand11.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 8 thousand4.5%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 40 thousand22.0%
2006State deputy, Espírito SantoSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 128 thousand
donations from individuals
party less than 1% · individuals 16% · companies 47% · own funds 37%
Spending contracted
R$ 128 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 45 thousand34.9%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 16 thousand12.6%
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveisR$ 16 thousand12.3%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 9 thousand6.8%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 20 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 43 thousand33.4%

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 14/10/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 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$ 17.5 million directed · 77% paid · 334 amendments in 33 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Espírito Santo. 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 Espírito Santo, Jose Esmeraldo directed R$ 17.5 million in 334 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 33 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 77% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura, Abastecimento, Aquicultura e Pesca (70%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were Muniz Freire, Ecoporanga and Vitória. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 14.4 million in 257 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 3.1 million in 77 amendments.2

SponsoredR$ 17.5 million2023 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 13.5 million77% of the amount directed
Amendments334state
Municipalities33different
By budget year (legislative term 2023 a 2026)
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 3.3 millionR$ 2.1 million65%5524
2025R$ 8.1 millionR$ 6.6 million81%13720
2024R$ 3 millionR$ 2.6 million87%6522
Legislative term 2023 a 2026R$ 14.4 millionR$ 11.3 million78%25731

Agencies that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Secretaria de Estado da Agricultura, Abastecimento, Aquicultura e PescaR$ 10.1 million70.1%
  2. 2Secretaria de Estado de Esportes e LazerR$ 2 million14.1%
  3. 3Fundo Estadual de Assistência SocialR$ 1.4 million9.5%

Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Muniz FreireR$ 3.4 million23.9%
  2. 2EcoporangaR$ 2.3 million16.2%
  3. 3VitóriaR$ 2.1 million14.2%

Source: Governo do ES — Portal de Dados Abertos (Emendas Parlamentares do Estado), 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 Espírito Santo state government and the Legislative Assembly of Espírito Santo. 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. ↩

  3. 3

    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 Espírito Santo state government and the Legislative Assembly of Espírito Santo. ↩

Candidacies

10 candidacies · elected in 2018, 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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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.