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Eduardo Leite

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Eduardo Leite
Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite (legal name)
6 elections between 2004 and 2022 · PSDB
37 years old in 2022 · Male · Higher education, complete
Vereador
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Eduardo Leite (Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite) ran in 6 elections between 2004 and 2022, for governor, mayor, state deputy and city councillor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 4 times: governor in 2022 and 2018; mayor of Pelotas in 2012; city councillor of Pelotas in 2008. The highest vote was in 2022, for governor for RS: 3,687,126 votes. In the 2022 campaign for governor for RS, reported R$ 14.7 million in income: R$ 11.6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 313 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 849 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 1.9 million from private donations (248 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 14.4 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 3.8 million), advertising with printed materials (R$ 3.4 million) and third-party services (R$ 2.8 million). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 7.5 million in 2018 (53% on production of radio, television or video programs) and R$ 1 million in 2012.

Governor · 2022
3,687,126
votes · RS
ELECTEDRUNOFF
Term ends in 2026
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Vote trend across elections

1,702,815 votes in 2022 · 6 elections

The votes of Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite 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.MayorGovernor

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

2022: R$ 14.7 million in income · R$ 14.4 million em gastos

Eduardo Leite reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: city councillor in Pelotas (RS) in 2008, state deputy for Rio Grande do Sul in 2010, mayor in Pelotas (RS) in 2012, and governor for Rio Grande do Sul in 2018 and 2022. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2022, reported R$ 14.7 million in income: R$ 11.6 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 313 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 849 thousand de outros recursos do partido and R$ 1.9 million from private donations (248 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 14.4 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 3.8 million) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 3.4 million). In 2018, 53% of the R$ 7.5 million in committed spending went to production of radio, television or video programs; in 2012, R$ 1 million in committed spending.

Income in 2022R$ 14.7 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2022R$ 14.4 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2018R$ 7.5 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns5from 2008 to 2022

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
2022Governor, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 14.7 million
248 individual donors
FEFC 79% · Party Fund 2% · party 6% · individuals 13%
Spending contracted
R$ 14.4 million
all paid (100%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 3.8 million26.2%
  • Printed materialsR$ 3.4 million23.8%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 2.8 million19.2%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 857 thousand5.9%
  • 22 other categoriesincludes R$ 7 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 3.6 million24.9%
2018Governor, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 6.2 million
261 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 45% · Party Fund 4% · party and other campaigns 17% · individuals 34% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 7.5 million
paid: R$ 6.2 million (82%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 4 million53.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 1.7 million22.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 681 thousand9.1%
  • Locação/cessão de bens móveis (exceto veículos)R$ 348 thousand4.7%
  • 20 other categoriesincludes R$ 269 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 759 thousand10.2%
2012Mayor, Pelotas (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.1 million
206 individual donors
Party Fund 5% · individuals 24% · companies 70% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 1 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 332 thousand32.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 172 thousand16.7%
  • Property rentalR$ 63 thousand6.1%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 56 thousand5.4%
  • 17 other categoriesincludes R$ 123 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 411 thousand39.7%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2010State deputy, Rio Grande do SulSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 172 thousand
72 individual donors
individuals 41% · companies 43% · own funds 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 172 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • StaffR$ 45 thousand26.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 29 thousand17.0%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 22 thousand12.7%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 20 thousand11.4%
  • 15 other categoriesincludes R$ 8 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 56 thousand32.7%
2008City councillor, Pelotas (RS)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 33 thousand
8 individual donors
party less than 1% · individuals 66% · companies 3% · own funds 30%
Spending contracted
R$ 33 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 7 thousand21.4%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 7 thousand20.1%
  • Multas eleitoraisR$ 5 thousand16.1%
  • StaffR$ 5 thousand15.2%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 406 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 9 thousand27.1%

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. 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.

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Candidacies

6 candidacies · elected in 2012, 2018 and 2022

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.