Ari da Copa (DEMOCRATA) got 101 votes for state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2026 and was not elected, according to the final results from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Ari da Copa (José Ariovaldo da Costa) ran in 11 elections between 1996 and 2026, for state deputy, mayor, city councillor and federal deputy. Not listed as elected in any of them in the TSE results. The highest vote was in 2002, for federal deputy for RJ: 427 votes. In the 2024 campaign for mayor in Mendes/RJ, reported R$ 2 thousand in income, from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 2 thousand). In previous campaigns, already closed, reported contracted spending of R$ 450 in 2018 (67% on third-party services) and R$ 195 in 2008.
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Vote trend across elections
101 votes in 2026 · 11 elections
The votes of José Ariovaldo da Costa 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
2024: R$ 2 thousand in income · R$ 2 thousand em gastos
Ari da Copa reported income and spending to the TSE in 3 campaigns: city councillor in Mendes (RJ) in 2008, state deputy for Rio de Janeiro in 2018, and mayor in Mendes (RJ) in 2024. The amounts are those of the time of each campaign, not adjusted for inflation. In the most recent campaign, in 2024, reported R$ 2 thousand in income, from own funds. Contracted spending totals R$ 2 thousand, mainly on advertising with printed materials (R$ 2 thousand). In 2018, 67% of the R$ 450 in spending went to third-party services; in 2008, R$ 195 in committed spending.
Spending in 2024R$ 2 thousandcampaign closed; all paid
Campaigns5from 2008 to 2026
Fundraising, where the money came from:
Electoral Fund (FEFC)
Other resources from the party and other campaigns
Donations from individuals (includes crowdfunding)
the TSE does not publish the amount paid for this year
1 other categoryR$ 195100.0%
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 20/10/2026; 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.
City Councillor · 202043not electedLMendes, Rio de Janeiro · 58 years · Black · Higher education, complete · PSD · no. 55555 · see full resultcampaign finance report
State Deputy · 2018ALTERNATE212GRJ · 56 years · Black · Higher education, complete · PPL · no. 54333 · see full result
State Deputy · 2014178not electedGRJ · 52 years · Black · Higher education, complete · Técnico de Mecânica · PRP · no. 44007 · see full resultcampaign finance report
City Councillor · 201221not electedLMendes, Rio de Janeiro · 50 years · Higher education, incomplete · Técnico de Mecânica · PV · no. 43123 · see full result
City Councillor · 200810not electedLMendes, Rio de Janeiro · 46 years · Secondary education, complete · Aposentado (exceto Servidor Público) · PT do B · no. 70000 · see full result
City Councillor · 200419not electedLMendes, Rio de Janeiro · 42 years · Secondary education, incomplete · Trabalhador Metalurgico e Siderurgico · PV · no. 43123 · see full result
Federal Deputy · 2002ALTERNATE427GRJ · 40 years · PV · no. 4301 · see full result
City Councillor · 200028not electedLMendes, Rio de Janeiro · 38 years · Secondary education, complete · Mecânico de Manutenção, Operador de Aparelhos de Produção Industrial · PT · no. 13456 · see full result
City Councillor · 199626not electedLMendes, Rio de Janeiro · 34 years · Secondary education, incomplete · Mecanico de Manutençao · PSC · no. 20605 · see full result
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.