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Leo Vieira

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Leo Vieira
Leonardo Vieira Mendes (legal name)
6 elections between 2012 and 2024 · latest party REPUBLICANOS
50 years old in 2024 · Male · Secondary education, complete
Deputado
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Leo Vieira (Leonardo Vieira Mendes) ran in 6 elections between 2012 and 2024, for mayor, state deputy and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 4 times: mayor of São João de Meriti in 2024; state deputy in 2022 and 2018; city councillor of São João de Meriti in 2016. The highest vote was in 2024, for mayor in São João de Meriti/RJ: 122,399 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, directed R$ 4.7 million in 18 state amendments to the 2024 to 2025 budgets, to 2 municipalities; 43% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in São João de Meriti/RJ, reported R$ 1.5 million in income: R$ 1.3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 119 thousand from private donations (9 donors) and R$ 30 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.4 million, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 363 thousand), legal services (R$ 360 thousand) and activists and street mobilization (R$ 305 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 134 thousand in 2022 (77% on advertising with stickers) and R$ 432 thousand in 2020.

Mayor · 2024
122,399
votes · São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

122,399 votes in 2024 (elected) · 6 elections

The votes of Leonardo Vieira Mendes 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.

City CouncillorState Dep.Mayor

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.

Campaign funding

2024: R$ 1.5 million in income · R$ 1.4 million em gastos

Leo Vieira reported income and spending to the TSE in 6 campaigns: city councillor in São João de Meriti (RJ) in 2012 and 2016, state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2018 and 2022, and mayor in São João de Meriti (RJ) in 2020 and 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 1.5 million in income: R$ 1.3 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 119 thousand from private donations (9 donors) and R$ 30 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.4 million, mainly on advertising with stickers (R$ 363 thousand) and legal services (R$ 360 thousand). In 2022, 77% of the R$ 134 thousand in spending went to advertising with stickers; in 2020, R$ 432 thousand in committed spending.

Income in 2024R$ 1.5 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 1.4 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2022R$ 134 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns6from 2012 to 2024

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2024Mayor, São João de Meriti (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.5 million
9 individual donors
FEFC 90% · individuals 8% · own funds 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.4 million
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 363 thousand25.1%
  • Legal servicesR$ 360 thousand24.8%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 305 thousand21.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 201 thousand13.9%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 220 thousand15.2%
2022State deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 136 thousand
22 individual donors
individuals 57% · own funds 43%
Spending contracted
R$ 134 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 104 thousand77.4%
  • Printed materialsR$ 19 thousand14.0%
  • StaffR$ 7 thousand5.1%
  • Property rentalR$ 3 thousand1.9%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 2 thousand1.6%
2020Mayor, São João de Meriti (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 274 thousand
17 individual donors
FEFC 18% · individuals 55% · own funds 27%
Spending contracted
R$ 432 thousand
paid: R$ 274 thousand (63%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 152 thousand35.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 106 thousand24.5%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 78 thousand18.2%
  • StaffR$ 46 thousand10.6%
  • 9 other categoriesR$ 50 thousand11.6%
See the 3 previous campaigns
2018State deputy, Rio de JaneiroSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 42 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 4% · party and other campaigns 9% · individuals 41% · own funds 46%
Spending contracted
R$ 34 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 33 thousand97.0%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 1 thousand2.9%
  • Financial charges, bank fees and/or credit card operationsR$ 10less than 0.1%
2016City councillor, São João de Meriti (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 68 thousand
58 individual donors
individuals 100%
Spending contracted
R$ 68 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 34 thousand50.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 17 thousand25.7%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 6 thousand9.5%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 5 thousand8.1%
  • 3 other categoriesR$ 4 thousand5.8%
2012City councillor, São João de Meriti (RJ)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 56 thousand
13 individual donors
party and other campaigns 4% · individuals 37% · companies 59%
Spending contracted
R$ 38 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 33 thousand86.7%
  • Property rentalR$ 3 thousand7.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 2 thousand5.0%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3400.9%

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. 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.

See donors, suppliers and spending ›

Legislative amendments

R$ 4.7 million directed · 43% paid · 18 amendments in 2 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. 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 Rio de Janeiro, Leo Vieira directed R$ 4.7 million in 18 state amendments to the 2024 to 2025 budgets (legislative term 2023 a 2026), to 2 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 43% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most was Fes (60%). The cities that received the most were São João de Meriti and Rio das Ostras.2

SponsoredR$ 4.7 million2024 to 2025 budgets
PaidR$ 2 million43% of the amount directed
Amendments18state
Municipalities2different
By budget year
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2025R$ 2 millionR$ 2 million100%11
2024R$ 2.7 millionR$ 00%172
TotalR$ 4.7 millionR$ 2 million43%182

Agencies that received the most

  1. 1FesR$ 2.8 million59.9%
  2. 2SeijesR$ 1.1 million22.9%
  3. 3SeeducR$ 816 thousand17.2%

Municipalities that received the most

  1. 1São João de MeritiR$ 4.6 million97.9%
  2. 2Rio das OstrasR$ 100 thousand2.1%

Source: ALERJ / SEPLAG-RJ — Emendas parlamentares impositivas (bases de detalhe 2024-2026 + execução), 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 Rio de Janeiro state government and the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. 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. ↩

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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 Rio de Janeiro state government and the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. ↩

Candidacies

6 candidacies · elected in 2018, 2022 and 2024

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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