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Professor Wendel Mesquita

Wendel Cristiano Soares de Mesquita (legal name)
8 elections between 2004 and 2026 · latest party UNIÃO
47 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Deputado
Candidate for State Deputy · Minas Gerais · 2026 elections · UNIÃO · no. 44777
In office
social media reported to the TSE

Professor Wendel Mesquita (UNIÃO) became an alternate for state deputy for Minas Gerais in 2026, with 48,994 votes, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Professor Wendel Mesquita (Wendel Cristiano Soares de Mesquita) ran in 8 elections between 2004 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor and city councillor. He was elected 4 times: state deputy in 2022 and 2018; city councillor of Belo Horizonte in 2016 and 2012. The highest vote was in 2026, for state deputy for MG: 48,994 votes. In the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais, directed R$ 79.6 million in 747 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 205 municipalities; 65% of this amount has already been paid. In the 2026 campaign for state deputy for MG, reported R$ 520 thousand in income: R$ 235 thousand de outros recursos do partido e de outras campanhas, R$ 199 thousand from private donations (82 donors) and R$ 85 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 363 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 167 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 110 thousand) and third-party services (R$ 23 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$ 500 thousand in 2022 (53% on activists and street mobilization) and R$ 666 thousand in 2020.

State Deputy · 2022
44,885
votes · MG
ELECTED
Term ends in 2026
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Vote trend across elections

48,994 votes in 2026 · 8 elections

The votes of Wendel Cristiano Soares de Mesquita 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

2026 (partial): R$ 520 thousand in income · R$ 363 thousand em gastos contratados

Professor Wendel Mesquita reported income and spending to the TSE in 7 campaigns: city councillor in Belo Horizonte (MG) in 2008, 2012 and 2016, state deputy for Minas Gerais in 2018, 2022 and 2026, and mayor in Belo Horizonte (MG) in 2020. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2026, reported R$ 520 thousand in income: R$ 235 thousand de outros recursos do partido e de outras campanhas, R$ 199 thousand from private donations (82 donors) and R$ 85 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 363 thousand, mainly on staff (R$ 167 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 110 thousand); R$ 250 thousand has already been paid. In 2022, 53% of the R$ 500 thousand in spending went to activists and street mobilization; in 2020, R$ 666 thousand in spending. 2026 amounts are partial, according to the TSE data of 14/10/2026.

Income in 2026R$ 520 thousandpartial, until 14/10/2026
Spending in 2026R$ 363 thousandcontracted, partial; R$ 250 thousand paid
Spending in 2022R$ 500 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns7from 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)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2026partialState deputy, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 520 thousand
82 individual donors
party and other campaigns 45% · individuals 38% · own funds 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 363 thousand
paid so far: R$ 250 thousand (69%)
  • StaffR$ 167 thousand46.1%
  • Printed materialsR$ 110 thousand30.3%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 23 thousand6.2%
  • Property rentalR$ 16 thousand4.4%
  • 8 other categoriesincludes R$ 795 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 47 thousand13.0%
2022State deputy, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 532 thousand
32 individual donors
FEFC 47% · party and other campaigns 8% · individuals 27% · own funds 19%
Spending contracted
R$ 500 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 267 thousand53.5%
  • Printed materialsR$ 95 thousand18.9%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 40 thousand7.9%
  • Third-party servicesR$ 29 thousand5.9%
  • 11 other categoriesincludes R$ 20 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 69 thousand13.8%
2020Mayor, Belo Horizonte (MG)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 666 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 96% · individuals 2% · own funds 2%
Spending contracted
R$ 666 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 218 thousand32.7%
  • Printed materialsR$ 101 thousand15.2%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 82 thousand12.3%
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 64 thousand9.6%
  • 9 other categoriesincludes R$ 14 donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 201 thousand30.2%
See the 4 previous campaigns
2018State deputy, Minas GeraisSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 214 thousand
21 individual donors
Party Fund 28% · individuals 55% · own funds 16%
Spending contracted
R$ 201 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • StaffR$ 106 thousand52.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 36 thousand17.7%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 27 thousand13.4%
  • Property rentalR$ 9 thousand4.4%
  • 10 other categoriesincludes R$ 2 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 50 donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 24 thousand11.9%
2016City councillor, Belo Horizonte (MG)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 137 thousand
32 individual donors
individuals 86% · own funds 14%
Spending contracted
R$ 137 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • StaffR$ 67 thousand48.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 39 thousand28.2%
  • Mail and postageR$ 8 thousand5.8%
  • Advertising in newspapers and magazinesR$ 5 thousand3.5%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 19 thousand13.9%
2012City councillor, Belo Horizonte (MG)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 173 thousand
9 individual donors
Party Fund 26% · party 21% · individuals 35% · companies 1% · own funds 18%
Spending contracted
R$ 41 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 17 thousand41.9%
  • Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 7 thousand18.3%
  • TelephoneR$ 5 thousand12.3%
  • Creation and inclusion of web pagesR$ 2 thousand5.9%
  • 8 other categoriesR$ 9 thousand21.6%
2008City councillor, Belo Horizonte (MG)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 28 thousand
9 individual donors
party 9% · individuals 82% · companies 2% · own funds 7%
Spending contracted
R$ 23 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • StaffR$ 9 thousand39.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 3 thousand14.8%
  • Property rentalR$ 2 thousand6.6%
  • Despesas postaisR$ 2701.2%
  • 4 other categoriesincludes R$ 4 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 9 thousand38.4%

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; 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.

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Legislative amendments

R$ 79.6 million directed · 65% paid · 747 amendments in 205 municipalities

Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. 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 Minas Gerais, Professor Wendel Mesquita directed R$ 79.6 million in 747 state amendments to the 2023 to 2026 budgets, to 205 municipalities. As of the data collection at the source, 65% of this amount had been paid. The agency that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term was Fundo Estadual de Saúde (47%). The cities that received the most in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term were Belo Horizonte, Nanuque and Santo Antônio do Monte. By legislative term: in the 2023 a 2026 legislative term, R$ 71.1 million in 694 amendments; in the 2019 a 2022 legislative term, R$ 8.5 million in 53 amendments.2

SponsoredR$ 79.6 million2023 to 2026 budgets
PaidR$ 51.6 million65% of the amount directed
Amendments747state
Municipalities205different
By budget year (legislative term 2023 a 2026)
BudgetSponsoredPaid% paidAmendmentsMunicipalities
2026R$ 26 millionR$ 00%152104
2025R$ 23.9 millionR$ 23.9 million100%309116
2024R$ 17.8 millionR$ 17 million96%189100
2023R$ 3.4 millionR$ 3.4 million100%4438
Legislative term 2023 a 2026R$ 71.1 millionR$ 44.4 million62%694202

Agencies that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Fundo Estadual de SaúdeR$ 33.4 million46.9%
  2. 2Secretaria de Estado de GovernoR$ 26.2 million36.8%
  3. 3Secretaria de Estado de Infraestrutura, Mobilidade e ParceriasR$ 7 million9.8%

Municipalities that received the most (2023 a 2026)

  1. 1Belo HorizonteR$ 3.4 million4.8%
  2. 2NanuqueR$ 2.5 million3.5%
  3. 3Santo Antônio do MonteR$ 2.4 million3.4%

Source: Assembleia Legislativa de MG — Portal da Transparência (Indicações de Emendas Parlamentares 2023-2026), 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.

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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 Minas Gerais state government and the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. 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. ↩

  4. 4

    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 Minas Gerais state government and the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais. ↩

Candidacies

8 candidacies · elected in 2016, 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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