Jayme Veríssimo de Campos (born 13 September 1951) better known as Jayme Campos is a federal senator of

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representing his home state of Mato Grosso. He was previously governor of Mato Grosso from 1991 to 1994 and also served as mayor of Várzea Grande from 1997 to 2004.

Personal life

Campos' father

Júlio Campos Júlio Campos (born January 15, 1982, in Curitiba) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He currently drives in the Stock Car Brasil and Copa Fiat Brasil series. Campos won the Formula Dodge National Championship in 2001 and Pick Up Racing Brazil in ...

was also a senator and governor of Mato Grosso as well as mayor of Várzea Grande. Campos is married to Lucimar Campos, who in 2015 was elected mayor of Várzea Grande. Campos had four children, two daughters and two sons: Michelle Campos Soares, Jaime Veríssimo de Campos Júnior, Carlos Eduardo Sacre de Campos, and Gisele Sacre de Campos. His second oldest child, Jaime Jr., died in a car accident in May 2004 while driving home from his sister's wedding.

Political career

Campos was elected to the federal senate for the first time in the

2006 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 1 October 2006 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors, with a second round of the presidential election on 29 October as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the fir ...

, winning 61% of the votes. After being defeated in 2015, Campos was re-elected to the federal senate in the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held ...

, along with Selma Arruda from the state of Mato Grosso.

References

1951 births Living people People from Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso Democrats (Brazil) politicians Brazil Union politicians Mayors of places in Brazil Members of the Federal Senate (Brazil) Governors of Mato Grosso {{Brazil-politician-stub