Jayme Campos

Jayme Veríssimo de Campos (born 13 September 1951) better known as Jayme Campos is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Mato Grosso.

[1] He was previously governor of Mato Grosso from 1991 to 1994 and also served as mayor of Várzea Grande from 1997 to 2004.

[2] Campos' father Júlio Campos was also a senator and governor of Mato Grosso as well as mayor of Várzea Grande.

[4] His second oldest child, Jaime Jr., died in a car accident in May 2004 while driving home from his sister's wedding.

[5] Campos was elected to the federal senate for the first time in the 2006 Brazilian general election, winning 61% of the votes.

After being defeated in 2015, Campos was re-elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election, along with Selma Arruda from the state of Mato Grosso.

Espírito Santo Federal District