City councilors candidates in elections for deputy in Rio Grande do Sul (2002-2010): political ambition, results and career continuity

O trabalho tem por objeto os vereadores que concorreram a deputado (federal ou estadual) do Rio Grande do Sul, nas elei????es de 2002, 2006 e 2010. Tem por objetivo identificar: tamanho do munic??pio no qual exercem o cargo, partidos aos quais est??o vinculados, caracter??sticas de carreira que apresentam (n??mero de mandatos exercidos e posicionamento na lista pela qual concorreram no pleito municipal), bem como resultados obtidos. Pretende, tamb??m, analisar como essas vari??veis operam isolada ou conjuntamente e predisp??em o vereador a manifestar essa ambi????o progressiva e a obter um determinado resultado. Como a parcela dos vereadores que alcan??am esse objetivo ?? pequena, o estudo tamb??m se volta a identificar e a analisar a continuidade da carreira dessas personagens, ou seja, as decis??es tomadas e os resultados obtidos no pleito municipal seguinte a aquele em que concorreu a deputado (no caso, 2004, 2008 e 2012)The work's purpose city counselors who ran for Congress (federal or state) of Rio Grande do Sul, in the elections of 2002, 2006 and 2010. Aims to identify: the size of the municipality in which exercise the office, parties to which they are linked, career characteristics that present (number of mandates exercised and positioning in the list for which competed in municipal elections), as well as results. It also intends to analyze how these variables operate individually or together and predispose Councilman to manifest this progressive ambition and get a certain result. As the proportion of councilors who achieve this goal is small, the study also turns to identify and analyze the continuity of the career of these characters, ie, the decisions taken and the results achieved in the next municipal elections in which he ran for Congress (in this case, 2004, 2008 and 2012