diff --git a/src/collections/Leadership.ts b/src/collections/Leadership.ts
index 0f24c0c6..47550c33 100644
--- a/src/collections/Leadership.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Leadership.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ import {
   canReadLeadership,
   canSetAdministrativeLeadershipField,
 } from '@/utilities/campaignAccess'
+import { MAX_LEADERSHIP_MUNICIPALITIES } from '@/lib/schemas/leadership'
 import { relationshipId } from '@/utilities/relationship'
 
-const MAX_LEADERSHIP_MUNICIPALITIES = 30
-
 const requireAtLeastOneMunicipality: CollectionBeforeValidateHook = ({
   data,
   operation,
diff --git a/src/collections/Municipality.ts b/src/collections/Municipality.ts
index 236a7e91..f6b8eb7e 100644
--- a/src/collections/Municipality.ts
+++ b/src/collections/Municipality.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import {
   canUpdateMunicipality,
   eligibleCampaignStaffWhere,
 } from '@/utilities/campaignAccess'
+import { politicalTrendStatuses } from '@/lib/schemas/municipality'
+import { politicalTrendLabels } from '@/utilities/municipalityLabels'
 import { relationshipId } from '@/utilities/relationship'
 import {
   getVoteEstimateOrderViolation,
@@ -327,11 +329,11 @@ export const Municipality: CollectionConfig = {
           name: 'status',
           type: 'select',
           label: 'Tendência',
-          options: [
-            { label: 'Favorável', value: 'favoravel' },
-            { label: 'Neutra', value: 'neutra' },
-            { label: 'Desfavorável', value: 'desfavoravel' },
-          ],
+          // Single source: the zod enum + the shared label table.
+          options: politicalTrendStatuses.map((value) => ({
+            label: politicalTrendLabels[value],
+            value,
+          })),
         },
         {
           name: 'note',
diff --git a/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityAdvisorAvatarStack.tsx b/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityAdvisorAvatarStack.tsx
index 1f5a1909..a7dc97c9 100644
--- a/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityAdvisorAvatarStack.tsx
+++ b/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityAdvisorAvatarStack.tsx
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@ import { CircleAlertIcon } from 'lucide-react'
 
 import { Avatar, AvatarFallback } from '@/components/ui/Avatar'
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/Badge'
+import { campaignUserInitials } from '@/utilities/campaignUserProfile'
 import { municipalityListCoverageLabels } from '@/utilities/municipalityLabels'
 
-export const campaignUserInitials = (name: string): string =>
-  name
-    .split(/\s+/)
-    .slice(0, 2)
-    .map((part) => part[0])
-    .join('')
-    .toUpperCase()
-
 export type MunicipalityAdvisorAvatarEntry = {
   id: number
   name: string
diff --git a/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyCard.tsx b/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyCard.tsx
index de49134c..19ff37fc 100644
--- a/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyCard.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   politicalTrendBadgeVariant,
   politicalTrendLabels,
 } from '@/utilities/municipalityLabels'
-import type { MunicipalityDetailViewModel } from '@/utilities/municipalityViewModels'
+import type { MunicipalityStrategyViewModel } from '@/utilities/municipalityViewModels'
 
 const dateFormatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('pt-BR')
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const MunicipalityStrategyCard = ({
   municipalitySlug,
   canEdit,
 }: {
-  strategy: NonNullable<MunicipalityDetailViewModel['strategy']>
+  strategy: MunicipalityStrategyViewModel
   municipalitySlug: string
   canEdit: boolean
 }) => {
diff --git a/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyForm.tsx b/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyForm.tsx
index 0781a2e2..40337d52 100644
--- a/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/campaign/municipality/MunicipalityStrategyForm.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { Textarea } from '@/components/ui/textarea'
 import type { CampaignFormActionState } from '@/utilities/campaignFormActionError'
 import { fieldError } from '@/utilities/campaignFormFields'
 import { politicalTrendLabels } from '@/utilities/municipalityLabels'
-import type { MunicipalityDetailViewModel } from '@/utilities/municipalityViewModels'
+import type { MunicipalityStrategyViewModel } from '@/utilities/municipalityViewModels'
 
 type FormAction = (
   state: CampaignFormActionState,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type FormAction = (
 type MunicipalityStrategyFormProps = {
   municipalityID: number
   municipalitySlug: string
-  strategy: NonNullable<MunicipalityDetailViewModel['strategy']>
+  strategy: MunicipalityStrategyViewModel
   stateDeputyOptions: RelationOption[]
   strategyFormAction: FormAction
   expectedVotesFormAction: FormAction
diff --git a/src/lib/projectionSheetParse.ts b/src/lib/projectionSheetParse.ts
index 1c14f29e..f7c913a5 100644
--- a/src/lib/projectionSheetParse.ts
+++ b/src/lib/projectionSheetParse.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Bom → optimistic, Regular → central (média), Mínimo → pessimistic.
  */
 
+import type { PoliticalTrendStatusValue } from '@/lib/schemas/municipality'
 import type { VoteEstimateScenarioFields } from '@/lib/voteEstimate'
 
 /** Parsed sheet triple — all three scenarios present (same keys as expectedVotes). */
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export const mapSheetPriority = (raw: string | null | undefined): ProjectionPrio
 }
 
 /** Municipality politicalTrend.status values derivable from the sheet SITUAÇÃO column. */
-export type ProjectionTrendStatus = 'favoravel' | 'neutra' | 'desfavoravel'
+export type ProjectionTrendStatus = PoliticalTrendStatusValue
 
 const stripDiacritics = (value: string): string =>
   value.normalize('NFD').replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '')
diff --git a/src/utilities/access/shared.ts b/src/utilities/access/shared.ts
index 2e57e10d..e068557f 100644
--- a/src/utilities/access/shared.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/access/shared.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ const FRESH_CAMPAIGN_USER_CONTEXT_KEY = 'campaignFreshUser'
 /** Enough of a request for Local API calls inside an existing transaction. */
 export type CampaignTransactionRequest = PayloadRequest | { transactionID: number | string }
 
+/**
+ * Narrow `payload.find` signature for helpers that query a collection chosen
+ * at runtime (Payload's generic can't be proven then). Call sites use the
+ * sanctioned `payload.find as unknown as DynamicFind` cast — the ONE approved
+ * spelling of that cast; keep the queried fields inside this arg shape so the
+ * casts stay honest.
+ */
 export type DynamicFind = (args: {
   collection: string
   depth: number
diff --git a/src/utilities/municipalityMapData.ts b/src/utilities/municipalityMapData.ts
index 2657a687..80c506f1 100644
--- a/src/utilities/municipalityMapData.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/municipalityMapData.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_VOTE_ESTIMATE_SCENARIO,
   VOTE_ESTIMATE_SCENARIOS,
   type VoteEstimateScenario,
+  type VoteEstimateScenarioFields,
 } from '@/lib/voteEstimate'
 import { emptyMunicipalityPledgeAggregate, resolveMunicipalityStaffVoteTotal, type MunicipalityPledgeAggregate } from '@/utilities/votePledgeViews'
 
@@ -50,11 +51,7 @@ export type ScopedMunicipality = {
   name: string
   kind: 'municipio' | 'zona'
   ibgeCode: string
-  expectedVotes?: {
-    pessimistic?: number | null
-    central?: number | null
-    optimistic?: number | null
-  } | null
+  expectedVotes?: VoteEstimateScenarioFields | null
   geography: MunicipalityElectionGeography
 }
 
@@ -64,11 +61,7 @@ type ScopedMunicipalityDoc = {
   name: string
   kind: 'municipio' | 'zona'
   ibgeCode: string
-  expectedVotes?: {
-    pessimistic?: number | null
-    central?: number | null
-    optimistic?: number | null
-  } | null
+  expectedVotes?: VoteEstimateScenarioFields | null
 }
 
 export const scopeMunicipalitiesFromDocs = (docs: ReadonlyArray<ScopedMunicipalityDoc>): ScopedMunicipality[] =>
diff --git a/src/utilities/municipalityViewModels.ts b/src/utilities/municipalityViewModels.ts
index 84dd7f85..47c0d3d5 100644
--- a/src/utilities/municipalityViewModels.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/municipalityViewModels.ts
@@ -119,18 +119,25 @@ export type MunicipalityDetailViewModel = {
   advisorIDs: number[]
   lastUpdateAt: string | null
   /** Staff-only block — null for the leader view model. */
-  strategy: {
-    priority: 'alta' | 'normal'
-    expectedVotes: VoteEstimateScenarioViewModel
-    politicalTrend: MunicipalityPoliticalTrendViewModel
-    strengths: string[]
-    risks: string[]
-    stateDeputyIDs: number[]
-    stateDeputies: StateDeputySummary[]
-    dobradinhaNotes: string | null
-    nextSteps: string | null
-    budgetNotes: string | null
-  } | null
+  strategy: MunicipalityStrategyViewModel | null
+}
+
+/**
+ * The staff strategy block as the UI consumes it. Deliberately NOT derived
+ * from the zod input schema or payload-types: storage keeps `{ text }` rows
+ * and nullable scenario fields, the view flattens both.
+ */
+export type MunicipalityStrategyViewModel = {
+  priority: 'alta' | 'normal'
+  expectedVotes: VoteEstimateScenarioViewModel
+  politicalTrend: MunicipalityPoliticalTrendViewModel
+  strengths: string[]
+  risks: string[]
+  stateDeputyIDs: number[]
+  stateDeputies: StateDeputySummary[]
+  dobradinhaNotes: string | null
+  nextSteps: string | null
+  budgetNotes: string | null
 }
 
 export const toMunicipalityDetailViewModel = (
diff --git a/tests/int/campaignAuth.int.spec.ts b/tests/int/campaignAuth.int.spec.ts
index fe513eb3..d4b952c2 100644
--- a/tests/int/campaignAuth.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/campaignAuth.int.spec.ts
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ describe('campaign authentication foundation', () => {
     const otherMunicipality = await campaignFixtures().getMunicipality()
     await campaignFixtures().assignMunicipalityAdvisors(assignedMunicipality, [advisor])
 
-    const req = { context: {}, payload } as unknown as PayloadRequest
+    const req = stub<PayloadRequest>({ context: {}, payload })
 
     const ids = await getAccessibleMunicipalityIds(req, advisor)
 
diff --git a/tests/int/campaignUserPhone.int.spec.ts b/tests/int/campaignUserPhone.int.spec.ts
index 767b1e64..f8838fc1 100644
--- a/tests/int/campaignUserPhone.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/campaignUserPhone.int.spec.ts
@@ -231,16 +231,16 @@ describe('campaign user contact phone', () => {
       const coordinator = await fixtures.createCampaignUser('coordinator')
       const field = phoneField()
       if (field.type !== 'text') throw new Error('Campo phone deve ser text.')
-      const ownerReq = {
+      const ownerReq = stub<PayloadRequest>({
         context: {},
         payload,
         user: owner,
-      } as unknown as PayloadRequest
-      const coordinatorReq = {
+      })
+      const coordinatorReq = stub<PayloadRequest>({
         context: {},
         payload,
         user: coordinator,
-      } as unknown as PayloadRequest
+      })
 
       await expect(
         field.access?.update?.(stub<FieldAccessArgs>({ id: owner.id, req: ownerReq })),
diff --git a/tests/unit/campaignConsent.unit.spec.ts b/tests/unit/campaignConsent.unit.spec.ts
index 9f41f072..d40cab84 100644
--- a/tests/unit/campaignConsent.unit.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/campaignConsent.unit.spec.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,15 @@ import {
 } from '@/utilities/campaignConsent'
 import { CAMPAIGN_INVITE_CONSENT_KEY } from '@/utilities/campaignInvite'
 
+import { stub } from '../helpers/stub'
+
 describe('campaign consent descriptor', () => {
   it('returns the stable descriptor and propagates the transaction request', async () => {
     const req = { transactionID: 17 }
     const find = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
       docs: [{ id: 9, text: { root: { children: [] } } }],
     })
-    const payload = { find } as unknown as Payload
+    const payload = stub<Payload>({ find })
 
     const consent = await getLeadershipConsent(payload, req)
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ describe('campaign consent descriptor', () => {
         docs: [{ id: 3, text: { root: { children: [] } }, key: SUPPORTER_REGISTRATION_CONSENT_KEY }],
       })
       .mockResolvedValue({ docs: [] })
-    const payload = { find } as unknown as Payload
+    const payload = stub<Payload>({ find })
 
     await expect(getConsentByKey(payload, SUPPORTER_REGISTRATION_CONSENT_KEY)).resolves.toEqual({
       id: 3,
@@ -57,9 +59,9 @@ describe('campaign consent descriptor', () => {
   })
 
   it('keeps nullable and required missing-consent semantics distinct', async () => {
-    const payload = {
+    const payload = stub<Payload>({
       find: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ docs: [] }),
-    } as unknown as Payload
+    })
 
     await expect(getLeadershipConsent(payload)).resolves.toBeNull()
     await expect(requireLeadershipConsent(payload, undefined, 'Consentimento ausente.')).rejects.toThrow(