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Zé Cocá

Zenildo Brandão Santana (legal name)
6 elections between 2008 and 2026 · latest party PP
50 years old in 2026 · Male · Higher education, complete
Produtor Agropecuário
Candidate for Vice Governor · Bahia · 2026 elections · PP · no. 44
Deferido
social media reported to the TSE

Zé Cocá (Zenildo Brandão Santana) ran in 5 elections between 2008 and 2024, for mayor and state deputy, according to data from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). He was elected 5 times: mayor of Jequié in 2024 and 2020; state deputy in 2018; mayor of Lafaiete Coutinho in 2012 and 2008. The highest vote was in 2024, for mayor in Jequié/BA: 85,219 votes. In 2026, was a candidate for vice governor for BA with the PP. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Jequié/BA, reported R$ 352 thousand in income: R$ 333 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 19 thousand from private donations (3 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 352 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 90 thousand), advertising with printed materials (R$ 71 thousand) and advertising with stickers (R$ 50 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, spent R$ 277 thousand in 2020 (41% on advertising with printed materials) and R$ 138 thousand in 2018.

Mayor · 2024
85,219
votes · Jequié, Bahia
ELECTED
Term ends in 2028
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Vote trend across elections

85,219 votes in 2024 (elected) · 6 elections

The votes of Zenildo Brandão Santana 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.

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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$ 352 thousand in income · R$ 352 thousand em gastos

Zé Cocá reported income and spending to the TSE in 5 campaigns: mayor in Lafaiete Coutinho (BA) in 2008 and 2012, state deputy for Bahia in 2018, and mayor in Jequié (BA) 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$ 352 thousand in income: R$ 333 thousand from the Electoral Fund (FEFC) and R$ 19 thousand from private donations (3 donors). Contracted spending totals R$ 352 thousand, mainly on activists and street mobilization (R$ 90 thousand) and advertising with printed materials (R$ 71 thousand). In 2020, 41% of the R$ 277 thousand in spending went to advertising with printed materials; in 2018, R$ 138 thousand in spending.

Income in 2024R$ 352 thousandcampaign closed
Spending in 2024R$ 352 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Spending in 2020R$ 277 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2008 to 2024

Fundraising, where the money came from:

  • Electoral Fund (FEFC)
  • Party Fund
  • Other resources from the party and other campaigns
  • Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
  • Own funds
2024Mayor, Jequié (BA)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 352 thousand
3 individual donors
FEFC 95% · individuals 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 352 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 90 thousand25.6%
  • Printed materialsR$ 71 thousand20.1%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 50 thousand14.2%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 33 thousand9.4%
  • 9 other categoriesincludes R$ 106 entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 108 thousand30.8%
2020Mayor, Jequié (BA)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 294 thousand
7 individual donors
FEFC 94% · individuals 5% · own funds 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 277 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 114 thousand41.2%
  • Activists and street mobilizationR$ 94 thousand34.0%
  • Content boostingR$ 18 thousand6.6%
  • StaffR$ 11 thousand4.0%
  • 7 other categoriesincludes R$ 2 thousand entered as "miscellaneous, to be specified"R$ 39 thousand14.2%
2018State deputy, BahiaSee donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 163 thousand
10 individual donors
Party Fund 32% · party and other campaigns 2% · individuals 26% · own funds 40%
Spending contracted
R$ 138 thousand
all paid (100%)
  • Printed materialsR$ 44 thousand32.0%
  • Advertising with stickersR$ 24 thousand17.2%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 21 thousand15.2%
  • Candidacy promotion eventsR$ 13 thousand9.7%
  • 7 other categoriesR$ 36 thousand26.0%
See the 2 previous campaigns
2012Mayor, Lafaiete Coutinho (BA)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 11 thousand
donations from individuals
Party Fund 94% · individuals 2% · own funds 5%
Spending contracted
R$ 11 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Printed materialsR$ 6 thousand53.1%
  • Fuel and lubricantsR$ 3 thousand28.2%
  • Production of jingles, vignettes and slogansR$ 1 thousand11.3%
  • Vehicle lending or rentalR$ 8007.5%
2008Mayor, Lafaiete Coutinho (BA)See donors and spending ›
Raised
R$ 16 thousand
10 individual donors
individuals 99% · own funds less than 1%
Spending contracted
R$ 16 thousand
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
  • Encargos financeiros e taxas bancáriasR$ 590.4%
  • 1 other categoryR$ 16 thousand99.6%

Running mates and alternates do not have their own campaign account: the account is that of the main candidate's ticket.

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; 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 ›

Candidacies

6 candidacies · elected in 2018, 2020 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.

The 2026 candidacy comes from the candidacy registry published by the TSE (the election is on 4 de outubro de 2026). The result is not yet part of this database, so this line appears without votes. The TSE republishes this file while the registrations are ruled on.