Philippine House of Representatives elections in Central Luzon, 2010
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Elections
were held in Central Luzon
for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
on May 10, 2010.
The candidate with the most number of votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines
.
*Total invalid votes and turnout not available for 1st district of Bulacan.
is the incumbent.
is the incumbent. At first, a minor issue erupted as to who would be the official candidate of Lakas-Kampi-CMD in the district: Roman or the governor's daughter, Maria Angela "Gila" Garcia. Based on the certificate of nomination submitted by both parties, it turned out that Governor Garcia, the provincial Lakas-Kampi chairman, nominated his daughter, while the coalition's central committee named Roman. In an en banc decision however, the Comelec later ruled that Roman is the official Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidate, making Garcia the independent one.
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
is the incumbent.
Malolos
was given its own congressional seat from Bulacan
's 1st district by virtue of Republic Act 9591. However, the Supreme Court
ruled it unconstitutional, saying it violated Article VI Section 5 (3) of the Constitution and Section 3 of the Ordinance attached to constitution
; Malolos was ruled not to have exceeded the 250,000 population for a separate legislative district.
In Bulacan
, members of the same families will run against each other. Former governor Josie dela Cruz established the Del Pilar party (named after Gregorio del Pilar
) as the local affiliate of the Liberal Party.
is the incumbent. She will face Roberto Pagdanganan
.
Malolos
was supposed to have its own representation in the House of Representatives, but was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
for the city did not have enough population to be given separate representation. However, the decision was done after ballots were printed for Malolos and the First District. As such, the election for representative of Bulacan's 1st district would be invalid, "because the election will result in failure to elect since, in actuality, there are no candidates for the First Legislative District (with Malolos City) of Bulacan."
The date an election for representative of Bulacan's 1st district including Malolos will be decided later by the Commission. The Commission scheduled the special election, along with other special elections in Basilan
and Lanao del Sur
, which were delayed when teachers, who were the election supervisors, refused to sit as such due to violence, on September 25. However, the Commission postponed the elections for these areas to October 2. However, due to the approval of contracts for Smartmatic
-TIM, the supplier of the counting machines a few weeks prior to the special elections, the Commission decided to postpone the special elections to November 13.
On May 10, with the ballots already printed with only Pagdanganan and Sy-Alvarado contesting the seat, voters had the option of "voting" but their votes would not be counted.
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mayor Ambrosio "Boy" Cruz Jr.
is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. She will run for mayor of San Rafael
and her husband, Ricardo Silverio, Sr. will run for her seat. His opponents are his son, Ricardo Silverio, Jr. and then incumbent governor of Bulacan, Joselito Mendoza.
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
) is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection.
With the ballots already printed with only the four candidates contesting the now voided seat, voters had the option of "voting" but their votes would not be counted.
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is a component city
of Bulacan. Arturo Robes is the incumbent.
Politics in Nueva Ecija
will center on two political clans: the Josons and the Umalis. The Josons had ruled Nueva Ecija since after World War II
, with anti-Japanese guerrilla leader Eduardo Joson
serving from 1959 to 1992; Aurelio Umali ended the Josons' supremacy when he defeated four-time governor Tomas Joson III in 2007 via landslide. The Josons are the ones being shortlisted by local party Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija
(BALANE) for the provincial governorship, with first district representative Eduardo Nonato N. Joson
, Eduardo's nephew vice governor Edward Thomas and Tomas III. Eduardo claimed that Umali's 2007 victory was a fluke. Umali's governance was seen as "worse than the Josons" and several local officials identified with Lakas Kampi CMD said they are willing to cross party lines to support the Eduardo.
Umali first defeated a Joson when we wrestled the third district from now vice governor Edward Thomas in 2004. In 2007, Umali's wife Czarina also won at the third district as their representative. Umali created the local party Unang Sigaw, Partido ng Pagbabago as an answer to the Joson's BALANE.
Joson's BALANE is affiliated with the Nationalist People's Coalition
(NPC), while Umali's Unang Sigaw is affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD.
(independent) won't run to concentrate on bringing the Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija
party to power in the province. His sister Josefina is running as NPC
's candidate.
councilor Ares Yabut (NPC
) and businessman Luisito Bacani from the same city (independent).
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
, Mikey Arroyo
is the incumbent for two consecutive terms already. However, speculation was rife that President Arroyo herself will run in the district. The president is a registered voter of Lubao
, the hometown of her father, president Diosdado Macapagal
.
As early as late June 2009, several residents in the district had expressed optimism of having the president as their representative in Congress. The two most often cited reasons are her being a "kabalen" or Kapampangan descent
, and being a generous benefactor to the district. The president had visited the district 13 times from February 24 to late June. In November, all six mayors in the second district expressed clamor for her to run; University of the Philippines Diliman professor Randy David
had said he would run against the president, but later backpedaled if the president will not step down from the presidency when she files her certificate of candidacy by Nov. 30. In late November, the Pampanga Mayors League (PML) announced via Resolution 77, which was signed by 20 town mayors in a special session, urged the President to "heed the clamor from her constituency to run as second district representative in… Pampanga."
Pampanga gubernatorial candidate and provincial board member Lilia Pineda, a known Arroyo ally, disclosed to the Philippine Star in an interview published November 28, 2009, that Arroyo will file her certificate of candidacy on November 30. Representative Arroyo, on the other hand, has apparently given way to his mother’s own congressional bid, Pineda said; meanwhile, professor David has backed out of the race. On November 30, 2009, after much speculation, President Arroyo announced on the Philippine Broadcasting Service her congressional bid for the second district
of Pampanga
. The president filed her certificate of candidacy on December 1, and her son Mikey retired from politics to give way for her mother to run. Only the Liberal Party
is fielding a candidate against the president, with the Nacionalista Party
and the United Opposition
not fielding anyone. Meanwhile, Feliciano Serrano, an electronics engineer graduate of the University of Santo Tomas
from Porac
, also filed his own certificate of candidacy as an independent. Serrano will "campaign via text messages
and the internet. The Liberal Party did find a candidate in Adonis Simpao, a civic society leader from Guagua
. Simpao, a graduate of Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trade in Bacolor
, had no plans of running, but then governor Eddie Panlilio
persuaded him on the eve of the last day of filing of certificates of candidacies. The last candidate is independent Filipinas Rosario Dayrit Sampang of Porac
.
Representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel of the AKBAYAN party-list, who is running as one of the senatorial candidates
of the Liberal Party, revealed that the president poured in 459 million pesos on infrastructure projects solely for the district. The president's political spokesperson Romulo Macalintal called Hontiveros' revelation "speculative" and baseless, pointing out that the president also had implemented infrastructure projects in places other than Pampanga. Hontiveros maintained that the president's spending in Pampanga was improper.
The Commission on Elections
(COMELEC)'s Second Division junked for "lack of merit" Baraquel's disqualification case against the president on January 28, 2010; it has also junked an earlier disqualification case on January 20. This clears the president's congressional campaign at Pampanga's second district. Baraquel elevated the case to the Supreme Court
.
Lakas Kampi CMD leaders had said that they will field the president as Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
; the ruling party has more than 100 incumbents running in the House elections, and a several running unopposed or by token opposition, Lakas-Kampi predicts an overwhelming number of their candidates will win their respective races, and that the president will have an easy time of being elected as speaker.
Representative Arroyo himself has been courted by several party-list organizations to be their nominee in the party-list
election. An Arroyo is a party-list representative: Maria Lourdes Tuason Arroyo-Lesaca of Kasangga.
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
(Lakas-Kampi-CMD
), wife of presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro
decided to quit politics to support her husband's bid for presidency. Representative Teodoro succeeded her husband as representative from the 1st district, and defeated cousin China Cojuangco in 2007. Lakas Kampi CMD did not name a candidate in this district.
is the incumbent, although he switched parties from Lakas-Kampi-CMD
to Lapiang Manggagawa
.
Philippine House of Representatives elections, 2010
The 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 10, 2010 to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 15th Congress of the Philippines from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2013...
were held in Central Luzon
Central Luzon
Central Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or region of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience...
for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the...
on May 10, 2010.
The candidate with the most number of votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines
15th Congress of the Philippines
The Fifteenth Congress of the Philippines is the current meeting of the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives...
.
Summary
| Party | Popular vote | % | Seats won |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,990,304 | 51.41% | 14 | ||
| 686,391 | 17.73% | 2 | ||
| 500,752 | 12.94% | 2 | ||
| 206,164 | 5.33% | 1 | ||
| 76,928 | 1.99% | 1 | ||
| 71,284 | 1.84% | 0 | ||
| 60,440 | 1.56% | 1 | ||
| 59,714 | 1.54% | 0 | ||
| 56,412 | 1.46% | 0 | ||
| 14,807 | 0.38% | 0 | ||
| 12,053 | 0.31% | 0 | ||
| 7,150 | 0.18% | 0 | ||
| 109,176 | 2.82% | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 3,871,129 | 93.03% | 21 | |
| Invalid votes* | 289,968 | 6.97% | ||
| Turnout* | 4,161,097 | 73.31% | ||
| Registered voters | 5,675,830 | 100.00% | ||
Aurora
Juan Edgardo AngaraJuan Edgardo Angara
Juan Edgardo M. Angara , most widely known as Sonny Angara, is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2004, representing the Lone District of Aurora, re-elected to a second term in 2007, and a third term in 2010...
is the incumbent.
1st District
Herminia RomanHerminia Roman
Herminia B. Roman is a Filipino politician. A member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines under the Liberal Party, representing the 1st District of Bataan since 2007.-Early life and education:...
is the incumbent. At first, a minor issue erupted as to who would be the official candidate of Lakas-Kampi-CMD in the district: Roman or the governor's daughter, Maria Angela "Gila" Garcia. Based on the certificate of nomination submitted by both parties, it turned out that Governor Garcia, the provincial Lakas-Kampi chairman, nominated his daughter, while the coalition's central committee named Roman. In an en banc decision however, the Comelec later ruled that Roman is the official Lakas-Kampi-CMD candidate, making Garcia the independent one.
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
2nd District
Albert GarciaAlbert García
Albert García Camps is a Spanish footballer. He currently plays as an offensive midfielder for the Spanish team Espanyol B.- Career :...
is the incumbent.
Bulacan
Malolos City
City of Malolos is a 3rd class urban component city in the Republic of the Philippines. Malolos is considered as the 115th city in the country. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government...
was given its own congressional seat from Bulacan
Bulacan
Bulacan , officially called the Province of Bulacan or simply Bulacan Province, is a first class province of the Republic of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Region in the island of Luzon, north of Manila , and part of the Metro...
's 1st district by virtue of Republic Act 9591. However, the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
The Supreme Court of the Philippines is the Philippines' highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. The court consists of 14 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice...
ruled it unconstitutional, saying it violated Article VI Section 5 (3) of the Constitution and Section 3 of the Ordinance attached to constitution
Constitution of the Philippines
The Constitution of the Philippines is the supreme law of the Philippines.The Constitution currently in effect was enacted in 1987, during the administration of President Corazon Aquino, and is popularly known as the "1987 Constitution"...
; Malolos was ruled not to have exceeded the 250,000 population for a separate legislative district.
In Bulacan
Bulacan
Bulacan , officially called the Province of Bulacan or simply Bulacan Province, is a first class province of the Republic of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Region in the island of Luzon, north of Manila , and part of the Metro...
, members of the same families will run against each other. Former governor Josie dela Cruz established the Del Pilar party (named after Gregorio del Pilar
Gregorio del Pilar
Gregorio del Pilar y Sempio was one of the youngest generals in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. He is most known for his role and death at the Battle of Tirad Pass...
) as the local affiliate of the Liberal Party.
1st District
Ma. Victoria Sy-AlvaradoMa. Victoria Sy-Alvarado
Maria Victoria Reyes Sy-Alvarado is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party, she is a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the First District of Bulacan since 2007....
is the incumbent. She will face Roberto Pagdanganan
Roberto Pagdanganan
Roberto M. Pagdanganan is a Filipino politician.-Personal life:Robert Pagdanganan was born to former councilor Juan T. Pagdanganan, Jr. and Mrs. Rosalina Mamangon Pagdanganan. He is brother of former Calumpit, Bulacan mayor Ramon Pagdanganan...
.
Malolos
Malolos City
City of Malolos is a 3rd class urban component city in the Republic of the Philippines. Malolos is considered as the 115th city in the country. It is the capital city of the province of Bulacan as the seat of the provincial government...
was supposed to have its own representation in the House of Representatives, but was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
The Supreme Court of the Philippines is the Philippines' highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. The court consists of 14 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice...
for the city did not have enough population to be given separate representation. However, the decision was done after ballots were printed for Malolos and the First District. As such, the election for representative of Bulacan's 1st district would be invalid, "because the election will result in failure to elect since, in actuality, there are no candidates for the First Legislative District (with Malolos City) of Bulacan."
The date an election for representative of Bulacan's 1st district including Malolos will be decided later by the Commission. The Commission scheduled the special election, along with other special elections in Basilan
Basilan
The Province of Basilan is an island province of the Philippines within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Basilan is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago and is located just off the southern coast of Zamboanga Peninsula...
and Lanao del Sur
Lanao del Sur
Lanao del Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Its capital is Marawi City and borders Lanao del Norte to the north, Bukidnon to the east, and Maguindanao and Cotabato to the south. To the southwest lies Illana Bay, an arm of the Moro Gulf...
, which were delayed when teachers, who were the election supervisors, refused to sit as such due to violence, on September 25. However, the Commission postponed the elections for these areas to October 2. However, due to the approval of contracts for Smartmatic
Smartmatic
Smartmatic is a multinational company founded in 2000 that specializes in the design and deployment of complex purpose-specific technology solutions aimed at helping governments to fulfill their commitments toward their citizens.It is organized around three business units: Electronic voting...
-TIM, the supplier of the counting machines a few weeks prior to the special elections, the Commission decided to postpone the special elections to November 13.
On May 10, with the ballots already printed with only Pagdanganan and Sy-Alvarado contesting the seat, voters had the option of "voting" but their votes would not be counted.
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Special election
The COMELEC ruled that candidates that contested the Bulacan-1st and Malolos will contest the seat. Aniag and Domingo withdrew prior to the election, while independents Cruz and Valencia did not campaign.2nd District
Pedro Pancho is the incumbent. He will face 2007 challenger and former three-term Guiguinto, BulacanGuiguinto, Bulacan
Guiguinto is one of the fast growing municipalities in the province of Bulacan. From a predominating agricultural economy, it gradually urbanized and developed. It is now a 1st class urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It's now conurbated with Metro Manilla. According to the...
mayor Ambrosio "Boy" Cruz Jr.
3rd District
Incumbent Lorna SilverioLorna Silverio
Lorna C. Silverio is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party, she has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Third District of Bulacan. She first won election to Congress in 2001, and was re-elected in 2004 and 2007...
is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection. She will run for mayor of San Rafael
San Rafael, Bulacan
San Rafael is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 85,284 inhabitants in 14,639 households.-Barangays:...
and her husband, Ricardo Silverio, Sr. will run for her seat. His opponents are his son, Ricardo Silverio, Jr. and then incumbent governor of Bulacan, Joselito Mendoza.
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
4th District
Reylina Nicholas (Lakas-Kampi-CMDLakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas Kampi CMD is a center-right political party in the Philippines and the current minority party in the country. Its ideology is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy...
) is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection.
Malolos
With the issue on Malolos' separate congressional district from Bulacan's 1st district resolved with finality, an election will be scheduled to elect the representative for Bulacan's 1st district, including Malolos."With the ballots already printed with only the four candidates contesting the now voided seat, voters had the option of "voting" but their votes would not be counted.
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San Jose del Monte
San Jose del MonteSan Jose del Monte City
The City of San Jose del Monte is a first class suburban component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. It is bordered by Caloocan City and Quezon City, both in Metro Manila, in the south; by Rodriguez, Rizal in the east; Santa Maria and Marilao, both of Bulacan, in the west and...
is a component city
Cities of the Philippines
A city is a tier of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities, whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own specific charters in addition to the Local Government Code of 1991, which specifies the administrative structure...
of Bulacan. Arturo Robes is the incumbent.
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...
will center on two political clans: the Josons and the Umalis. The Josons had ruled Nueva Ecija since after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, with anti-Japanese guerrilla leader Eduardo Joson
Eduardo Joson
Eduardo L. Joson was a captain of Filipino guerrillas during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. He later became the Governor of the Nueva Ecija Province in the Philippines from 1959 to 1992, making him the longest serving politician serving one government position in...
serving from 1959 to 1992; Aurelio Umali ended the Josons' supremacy when he defeated four-time governor Tomas Joson III in 2007 via landslide. The Josons are the ones being shortlisted by local party Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija
Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija
The Lapiang Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija is a Nueva Ecija regional political party in the Philippines, which was formerly affiliated with the Nationalist People's Coalition , then the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and finally back to NPC when KAMPI merged with Lakas-CMD to become Lakas Kampi CMD...
(BALANE) for the provincial governorship, with first district representative Eduardo Nonato N. Joson
Eduardo Nonato N. Joson
Eduardo Nonato N. Joson is a Filipino politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and represents the First District of Nueva Ecija.-Reference:*...
, Eduardo's nephew vice governor Edward Thomas and Tomas III. Eduardo claimed that Umali's 2007 victory was a fluke. Umali's governance was seen as "worse than the Josons" and several local officials identified with Lakas Kampi CMD said they are willing to cross party lines to support the Eduardo.
Umali first defeated a Joson when we wrestled the third district from now vice governor Edward Thomas in 2004. In 2007, Umali's wife Czarina also won at the third district as their representative. Umali created the local party Unang Sigaw, Partido ng Pagbabago as an answer to the Joson's BALANE.
Joson's BALANE is affiliated with the Nationalist People's Coalition
Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a political party in the Philippines.-History:The Party was founded in 1991 after some members of the Nacionalista Party led by then Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez bolted from the Nacionalista Party after some disagreements with Nacionalista party...
(NPC), while Umali's Unang Sigaw is affiliated with Lakas Kampi CMD.
1st District
Incumbent Eduardo Nonato N. JosonEduardo Nonato N. Joson
Eduardo Nonato N. Joson is a Filipino politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and represents the First District of Nueva Ecija.-Reference:*...
(independent) won't run to concentrate on bringing the Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija
Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija
The Lapiang Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija is a Nueva Ecija regional political party in the Philippines, which was formerly affiliated with the Nationalist People's Coalition , then the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino and finally back to NPC when KAMPI merged with Lakas-CMD to become Lakas Kampi CMD...
party to power in the province. His sister Josefina is running as NPC
Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a political party in the Philippines.-History:The Party was founded in 1991 after some members of the Nacionalista Party led by then Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez bolted from the Nacionalista Party after some disagreements with Nacionalista party...
's candidate.
2nd District
Joseph Violago is the incumbent.3rd District
Wife of incumbent governor Aurelio Umali, Czarina Umali, is the incumbent. Her main opponent will be Eduardo Joson IV.4th District
Rodolfo Antonio is the incumbent.1st District
Incumbent Carmelo Lazatin (Lakas Kampi CMD) will go up against AngelesAngeles City
The City of Angeles , located within the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, is locally classified as a first-class, highly-urbanized city. Its name is derived from El Pueblo de los Ángeles in honor of its patron saints, Los Santos Ángeles de los Custodios , and the name of its founder, Don...
councilor Ares Yabut (NPC
Nationalist People's Coalition
The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a political party in the Philippines.-History:The Party was founded in 1991 after some members of the Nacionalista Party led by then Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez bolted from the Nacionalista Party after some disagreements with Nacionalista party...
) and businessman Luisito Bacani from the same city (independent).
2nd District
The son of PresidentPresident of the Philippines
The President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
, Mikey Arroyo
Mikey Arroyo
Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo, known as Mikey Arroyo is a Filipino actor and the representative of the party-list group Ang Galing Pinoy. He was the former congressman from second district of Pampanga from 2004 to 2010...
is the incumbent for two consecutive terms already. However, speculation was rife that President Arroyo herself will run in the district. The president is a registered voter of Lubao
Lubao, Pampanga
Lubao is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 143,058 people in 23,446 households...
, the hometown of her father, president Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Macapagal
Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...
.
As early as late June 2009, several residents in the district had expressed optimism of having the president as their representative in Congress. The two most often cited reasons are her being a "kabalen" or Kapampangan descent
Kapampangan people
The Kapampangans or Capampan͠gans are the sixth largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group, numbering about 2,890,000. The original Kapampangans may have descended from Austronesian-speaking immigrants to Luzon during the Iron Age.The province of Pampanga is traditional homeland of the Kapampangans...
, and being a generous benefactor to the district. The president had visited the district 13 times from February 24 to late June. In November, all six mayors in the second district expressed clamor for her to run; University of the Philippines Diliman professor Randy David
Randy David
Randolf "Randy" S. David is a Filipino journalist, television host and a sociologist. He currently pens a weekly newspaper column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer...
had said he would run against the president, but later backpedaled if the president will not step down from the presidency when she files her certificate of candidacy by Nov. 30. In late November, the Pampanga Mayors League (PML) announced via Resolution 77, which was signed by 20 town mayors in a special session, urged the President to "heed the clamor from her constituency to run as second district representative in… Pampanga."
Pampanga gubernatorial candidate and provincial board member Lilia Pineda, a known Arroyo ally, disclosed to the Philippine Star in an interview published November 28, 2009, that Arroyo will file her certificate of candidacy on November 30. Representative Arroyo, on the other hand, has apparently given way to his mother’s own congressional bid, Pineda said; meanwhile, professor David has backed out of the race. On November 30, 2009, after much speculation, President Arroyo announced on the Philippine Broadcasting Service her congressional bid for the second district
Legislative districts of Pampanga
The Legislative Districts of Pampanga, namely the first, second, third and fourth districts, are the current representations of the Province of Pampanga and the independent city of Angeles in the Philippine House of Representatives....
of Pampanga
Pampanga
Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast...
. The president filed her certificate of candidacy on December 1, and her son Mikey retired from politics to give way for her mother to run. Only the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (Philippines)
The Liberal Party of the Philippines is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded by then senators Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator Jose Avelino, on November 24, 1945 by a breakaway Liberal group from the...
is fielding a candidate against the president, with the Nacionalista Party
Nacionalista Party
The Nacionalista Party is the oldest political party in the Philippines today and was responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since its founding in 1907...
and the United Opposition
United Opposition (Philippines)
The United Opposition is a political party in the Philippines. It called itself the "Genuine Opposition" coalition throughout the duration of the 2007 midterm elections.-History:...
not fielding anyone. Meanwhile, Feliciano Serrano, an electronics engineer graduate of the University of Santo Tomas
University of Santo Tomas
The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines , is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the...
from Porac
Porac, Pampanga
Porac is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 102,962 people in 15,686 households.Porac is the largest town in Pampanga...
, also filed his own certificate of candidacy as an independent. Serrano will "campaign via text messages
Text messaging
Text messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...
and the internet. The Liberal Party did find a candidate in Adonis Simpao, a civic society leader from Guagua
Guagua, Pampanga
Guagua is a first-class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 104,284 people in 18,438 households....
. Simpao, a graduate of Don Honorio Ventura College of Arts and Trade in Bacolor
Bacolor, Pampanga
Bacolor is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines.-Demographics:According to the latest census, it has a population of 25,238 people in 3,029 households.-History:...
, had no plans of running, but then governor Eddie Panlilio
Eddie Panlilio
Eduardo "Among Ed" Tongol Panlilio was a Kapampangan Filipino Roman Catholic priest and governor of the province of Pampanga. He was suspended from his priestly ministry upon announcing his intention to run as governor...
persuaded him on the eve of the last day of filing of certificates of candidacies. The last candidate is independent Filipinas Rosario Dayrit Sampang of Porac
Porac, Pampanga
Porac is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 102,962 people in 15,686 households.Porac is the largest town in Pampanga...
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Representative Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel of the AKBAYAN party-list, who is running as one of the senatorial candidates
Philippine Senate election, 2010
Election to the Senate of the Philippines was held on Monday, May 10, 2010. This is to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2007, they will comprise the 15th Congress. The senators elected in 2007 will serve until June 30, 2013, while the senators elected in this...
of the Liberal Party, revealed that the president poured in 459 million pesos on infrastructure projects solely for the district. The president's political spokesperson Romulo Macalintal called Hontiveros' revelation "speculative" and baseless, pointing out that the president also had implemented infrastructure projects in places other than Pampanga. Hontiveros maintained that the president's spending in Pampanga was improper.
The Commission on Elections
Commission on Elections (Philippines)
The Commission on Elections, or COMELEC, is one of the three constitutional commissions of the Philippines. Its principal role is to enforce all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of elections, initiatives, referendums, and recalls....
(COMELEC)'s Second Division junked for "lack of merit" Baraquel's disqualification case against the president on January 28, 2010; it has also junked an earlier disqualification case on January 20. This clears the president's congressional campaign at Pampanga's second district. Baraquel elevated the case to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippines
The Supreme Court of the Philippines is the Philippines' highest judicial court, as well as the court of last resort. The court consists of 14 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice...
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Lakas Kampi CMD leaders had said that they will field the president as Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives
The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines is the presiding officer of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives....
; the ruling party has more than 100 incumbents running in the House elections, and a several running unopposed or by token opposition, Lakas-Kampi predicts an overwhelming number of their candidates will win their respective races, and that the president will have an easy time of being elected as speaker.
Representative Arroyo himself has been courted by several party-list organizations to be their nominee in the party-list
Philippine House of Representatives party-list election, 2010
The 2010 House of Representatives of the Philippines party-list election was on May 10, 2010. The whole country was one at-large district, where parties nominate three persons to be their candidates, ranked in order of which they'll be seated if elected...
election. An Arroyo is a party-list representative: Maria Lourdes Tuason Arroyo-Lesaca of Kasangga.
3rd District
Aurelio Gonzales, Jr. is the incumbent.The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
4th District
Anna York Bondoc is the incumbent. She will face perennial challenger and former Undersecretary Rene Maglanque, who enjoys the support of both the Liberal Party and the Nationalist People's Coalition.1st District
Incumbent Monica Prieto-TeodoroMonica Prieto-Teodoro
Monica Louise Prieto-Teodoro, or simply Nikki Teodoro, is the Representative of the 1st district of Tarlac and the spouse of Gilbert Teodoro, a former Secretary of the Philippine National Defense. Teodoro is also the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the House Committees on the Welfare of...
(Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas Kampi CMD is a center-right political party in the Philippines and the current minority party in the country. Its ideology is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy...
), wife of presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro
Gilberto Teodoro
Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo Cojuangco Teodoro, Jr. , or more commonly known as Gilbert/Gibo, is the former secretary of the national defense of the republic of the Philippines, having assumed the post in August 2007 until November 15, 2009...
decided to quit politics to support her husband's bid for presidency. Representative Teodoro succeeded her husband as representative from the 1st district, and defeated cousin China Cojuangco in 2007. Lakas Kampi CMD did not name a candidate in this district.
2nd District
Incumbent Jose Villa Agustin Yap (Lakas Kampi CMD), who was supposed to run again for re-election, died on March 2, 2010. His daughter, Susan Yap-Sulit, will run for the election. The name of Jose Yap will remain in the ballot and will go to Susan Yap.3rd District
Jeci Aquino Lapus is the incumbent.1st District
Maria Milagros Magsaysay is the incumbent.2nd District
Antonio DiazAntonio Diaz
Antonio Magsaysay-Diaz was a Congressman of Zambales, the Philippines. He was a nephew of former President Ramon Magsaysay.-Early life:Diaz, a member of the Magsaysay political clan of Zambales, served the province variously as vice governor and representative since the 1960s.A lawyer, he was one...
is the incumbent, although he switched parties from Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Lakas Kampi CMD is a center-right political party in the Philippines and the current minority party in the country. Its ideology is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy...
to Lapiang Manggagawa
Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma-Lapiang Manggagawa
Reporma-LM ', or Reporma for short, is a political party in the Philippines...
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