Cássio Cunha Lima (Cássio Rodrigues da Cunha Lima) ran in 9 elections between 1986 and 2018, for senator, governor, mayor and federal deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 7 times: senator in 2010; governor in 2006 and 2002; mayor of Campina Grande in 2000 and 1996; federal deputy in 1994 and 1986. The highest vote was in 2014, for governor for PB: 1,014,393 votes. In the Federal Senate, had R$ 42.2 million committed in 54 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2019 budgets, to 33 municipalities; 92% has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. In the 2018 campaign for senator for PB, reported R$ 2.5 million in income: R$ 1.1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 28 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 684 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 695 thousand from private donations (27 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 2.4 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 831 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 309 thousand) and election polls or tests (R$ 280 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 16.7 million in 2014 and R$ 3.7 million in 2010.
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Vote trend across elections
601,343 votes in 2018 · 9 elections
The votes of Cássio Rodrigues da Cunha Lima 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
2018: R$ 2.5 million in income · R$ 2.4 million em gastos
Cássio Cunha Lima reported income and spending to the TSE in 4 campaigns: governor for Paraíba in 2006 and 2014, and senator for Paraíba in 2010 and 2018. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2018, reported R$ 2.5 million in income: R$ 1.1 million from the Electoral Fund (FEFC), R$ 28 thousand from the Party Fund, R$ 684 thousand de outras campanhas and R$ 695 thousand from private donations (27 donors and an online crowdfunding campaign). Contracted spending totals R$ 2.4 million, mainly on production of radio, television or video programs (R$ 831 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 309 thousand). In 2014, R$ 16.7 million in committed spending; in 2010, 55% of the R$ 3.7 million in committed spending went to production of radio, television or video programs.
Income in 2018R$ 2.5 millioncampaign closed
Spending in 2018R$ 2.4 millioncampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2014R$ 16.7 millioncontracted, campaign closed
Campaigns42006, 2010, 2014 and 2018
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Party Fund
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
27 individual donors and an online crowdfunding campaign
FEFC 45% · Party Fund 1% · party and other campaigns 27% · individuals 27%
Spending contracted
R$ 2.4 million
all paid (100%)
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 831 thousand34.2%
Printed materialsR$ 309 thousand12.7%
Election polls or testsR$ 280 thousand11.5%
Advertising with stickersR$ 165 thousand6.8%
14 other categoriesincludes R$ 236 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 155 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 847 thousand34.8%
party and other campaigns 73% · individuals 3% · companies 25%
Spending contracted
R$ 16.7 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 6.4 million38.2%
Printed materialsR$ 1.5 million9.1%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 1.4 million8.5%
Advertising with sound carsR$ 1.1 million6.8%
19 other categoriesincludes R$ 850 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 600 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 6.2 million37.4%
party and other campaigns 60% · individuals 4% · companies 30% · own funds 1% · other 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 3.7 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Production of radio, television or video programsR$ 2 million54.6%
Printed materialsR$ 679 thousand18.6%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 240 thousand6.6%
StaffR$ 140 thousand3.8%
18 other categoriesincludes R$ 65 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified" and R$ 100 thousand donated to other candidates and partiesR$ 601 thousand16.4%
party and other campaigns 13% · individuals 2% · companies 72% · own funds less than 1% · other 12%
Spending contracted
R$ 6.6 million
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
Third-party servicesR$ 1.1 million17.0%
Advertising with sound carsR$ 958 thousand14.5%
Printed materialsR$ 699 thousand10.6%
Publicidade por placas, estandartes e faixasR$ 501 thousand7.6%
24 other categoriesincludes R$ 367 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 3.3 million50.4%
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. 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$ 42.2 million committed · 92% paid · 54 amendments in 33 municipalities
Federal Senate. For information only, based on public data1 · summary and analysis generated with AI2 · data updated on 10/14/20263
In the Federal Senate, Cássio Cunha Lima had R$ 42.2 million committed (amount pledged by the government) in 54 individual amendments to the 2016 to 2019 budgets (legislative term 2015 a 2018), to 33 municipalities. R$ 38.8 million (92%) has already been paid, counting carried-over payables. The area that received the most was Saúde (62%). The cities that received the most were Campina Grande, João Pessoa and Sousa.2
CommittedR$ 42.2 million2016 to 2019 budgets
PaidR$ 38.8 million92% of the committed amount, with carried-over payables
Amendments54individual
Municipalities33different
By budget year
Budget
Committed
Paid
% paid
Amendments
Municipalities
2019
R$ 15 million
R$ 13.7 million
91%
23
12
2018
R$ 14.8 million
R$ 13.5 million
92%
12
18
2016
R$ 12.5 million
R$ 11.3 million
91%
19
10
Total
R$ 42.2 million
R$ 38.5 million
91%
54
33
Areas that received the most
1SaúdeR$ 26 million61.6%
2UrbanismoR$ 12 million28.5%
3EducaçãoR$ 1.2 million2.8%
Municipalities that received the most
1Campina GrandeR$ 2.9 million6.9%
2João PessoaR$ 2 million4.8%
3SousaR$ 1.2 million2.9%
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 Federal Senate 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
9 candidacies · elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010
This person's history at the polls, from the most recent candidacy to the oldest.
Senator · 2018NOT ELECTED601,343GPB · 55 years · White · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PSDB · no. 456 · see full result
Mayor · 1996ELECTED72,185LCampina Grande, Paraíba · 33 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PMDB · no. 15 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 1994ELECTED157,609GPB · 31 years · Higher education, complete · Advogado · PMDB · no. 1515 · see full resultChamber of Deputies
Federal Deputy · 1986ELECTED93,236GPB · 23 years · PMDB · no. 1511 · see full resultChamber of Deputies
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.
