Denise Pessôa (PT) was elected federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2026, with 100,893 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Denise Pessôa (Denise da Silva Pessôa) ran in 8 elections between 2008 and 2026, for federal deputy, mayor, city councillor and state deputy. She was elected 6 times: federal deputy in 2026 and 2022; city councillor of Caxias do Sul in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2008. The highest vote was in 2026, for federal deputy for RS: 100,893 votes. In the Chamber of Deputies, had R$ 110.8 million committed in 73 individual amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets, to 154 municipalities; 83% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2026 campaign for federal deputy for RS, reported R$ 3 million in income: R$ 2.9 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 10 thousand from private donations (15 donors) and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.6 million, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 740 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 318 thousand) and content boosting (R$ 120 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$ 2 million in 2024 and R$ 1.5 million in 2022.
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Vote trend across elections
100,893 votes in 2026 (elected) · 8 elections
The votes of Denise da Silva Pessôa 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$ 3 million in income · R$ 1.6 million em gastos contratados
Denise Pessôa reported income and spending to the TSE in 8 campaigns: city councillor in Caxias do Sul (RS) in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020, state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2018, federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2022 and 2026, and mayor in Caxias do Sul (RS) in 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 3 million in income: R$ 2.9 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 10 thousand from private donations (15 donors) and R$ 5 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.6 million, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 740 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 318 thousand); R$ 1.3 million has already been paid. In 2024, R$ 2 million in committed spending; in 2022, R$ 1.5 million in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.
Income in 2026R$ 3 millionpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 1.6 millioncontracted, partial; R$ 1.3 million paid
Spending in 2024R$ 2 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns8from 2008 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)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Printed materialsR$ 13 thousand69.3%
TelephoneR$ 2 thousand10.6%
Property rentalR$ 2 thousand8.6%
Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 7233.9%
4 other categoriesR$ 1 thousand7.7%
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. 2026: partial amounts, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026; 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026; 2022: TSE data of 13/09/2026; 2020: TSE data of 12/09/2026; 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.
R$ 110.8 million committed · 83% paid · 73 amendments in 154 municipalities
Chamber of Deputies. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · data updated on 10/14/20263
In the Chamber of Deputies, Denise Pessôa had R$ 110.8 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 73 individual amendments to the 2024 to 2026 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 154 municipalities. R$ 91.9 million (83%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Saúde (51%). The cities that received the most were Caxias do Sul, Porto Alegre and Rio de Janeiro.2
CommittedR$ 110.8 million2024 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 91.9 million83% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments73individual
Municipalities154different
By budget year
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2026
R$ 37.2 million
R$ 27.2 million
73%
23
100
2025
R$ 35.8 million
R$ 33.3 million
93%
25
86
2024
R$ 36.8 million
R$ 30.1 million
82%
24
40
Total
R$ 109.8 million
R$ 90.6 million
83%
72
154
Areas that received the most
1SaúdeR$ 56.9 million51.3%
2Encargos EspeciaisR$ 14.5 million13.1%
3Direitos da CidadaniaR$ 7.8 million7.0%
Municipalities that received the most
1Caxias do SulR$ 16.5 million14.9%
2Porto AlegreR$ 11.4 million10.3%
3Rio de JaneiroR$ 6.7 million6.1%
Source: Transparency Portal (CGU), organized by Radar do Voto, collected at the source in Oct 2026. Only individual amendments, including special transfers (the "Pix amendments"); the amount is the committed amount, and paid includes carried-over payables. Caucus, committee and rapporteur amendments, which do not have a single author, are in the dashboard.
Disclaimer. Information for reference only, organized by Radar do Voto from public data. It does not replace checking the original source: the Transparency Portal (CGU) and the Chamber of Deputies website. 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. Data updated on 10/14/2026, collected at the source in Oct 2026. ↩
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Candidacies
8 candidacies · elected in 2020, 2022 and 2026
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Federal Deputy · 2026ELECTED100,893GRS · 43 years · Black · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 1333 · see full resultcampaign finance report
Mayor · 2024NOT ELECTED61,684LCaxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 41 years · Black · Higher education, complete · Deputado · PT · no. 13 · see full result
Federação: PT / PC do B / PV · Coligação: PT / PC do B / PV / PDT / PSOL / REDE / AVANTE
City Councillor · 2020ELECTED5,117LCaxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 37 years · Black · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PT · no. 13123 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE9,129GRS · 35 years · Black · Higher education, complete · Servidor Público Municipal · PT · no. 13678 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2016ELECTED3,312LCaxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 33 years · Black · Higher education, complete · Arquiteto · PT · no. 13123 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 2012ELECTED · REMAINDER2,731LCaxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 29 years · Higher education, complete · Vereador · PT · no. 13123 · see full result
City Councillor · 2008ELECTED3,635LCaxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul · 25 years · Higher education, incomplete · Servidor Público Municipal · PT · no. 13123 · 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.
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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.