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Velomar Rios

Velomar Gonçalves Rios (legal name)
2 elections between 2008 and 2024 · latest party MDB
65 years old in 2024 · Male · Higher education, complete
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Velomar Rios (Velomar Gonçalves Rios) ran in 2 elections between 2008 and 2024, for mayor, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 2 times: mayor of Catalão in 2024 and 2008. The highest vote was in 2024, for mayor in Catalão/GO: 31,730 votes. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Catalão/GO, reported R$ 1.2 million in income: R$ 554 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 467 thousand from private donations (43 donors) and R$ 150 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.1 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 400 thousand), staff (R$ 327 thousand) and vehicle lending or rental (R$ 75 thousand). In the 2008 campaign, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 1.3 million.

Mayor · 2024
31,730
votes · Catalão, Goiás
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

31,730 votes in 2024 (elected) · 2 elections

The votes of Velomar Gonçalves Rios 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.

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$ 1.2 million in income · R$ 1.1 million em gastos

Velomar Rios reported income and spending to the TSE in 2 campaigns: mayor in Catalão (GO) in 2008 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$ 1.2 million in income: R$ 554 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 467 thousand from private donations (43 donors) and R$ 150 thousand from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 1.1 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 400 thousand) and staff (R$ 327 thousand). In 2008, R$ 1.3 million in committed spending.

Income in 2024R$ 1.2 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 1.1 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2008R$ 1.3 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns22008 and 2024

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Companies (until 2014)
  • Own funds
2024Mayor, Catalão (GO)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.2 million
43 individual donors
FEFC 47% · individuals 40% · own funds 13%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.1 million
all paid (100%)
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 400 thousand36.2%
  • StaffR$ 327 thousand29.6%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 75 thousand6.8%
  • Printed materialsR$ 68 thousand6.2%
  • 12 other categoriesR$ 235 thousand21.3%
2008Mayor, Catalão (GO)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 1.3 million
41 individual donors
individuals 27% · companies 56% · own funds 17%
Spending contracted
R$ 1.3 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 330 thousand24.7%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 205 thousand15.3%
  • StaffR$ 174 thousand13.0%
  • Printed materialsR$ 159 thousand11.9%
  • 20 other categoriesincludes R$ 22 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 470 thousand35.1%

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. 2024: TSE data of 14/09/2026. 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

2 candidacies · elected in 2008 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.

A candidacy without votes is a registration that did not reach the ballot: according to the TSE data, a registration not approved, a withdrawal, or a running mate, who does not receive individual votes.

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.