Like in the previous elections, several showbiz personalities took their chances and ran in the May 9, 2022 polls.
Among the big winners are movie star Robin Padilla and broadcaster Raffy Tulfo who are among the frontrunners in the senatorial race.
Padilla is currently the top 1 senator with over 31 million votes while Tulfo is in 3rd place with over 23.1 million votes.
At the local level, numerous stars were also elected to office or are currently leading the race.
Among them is actor Arjo Atayde for the House seat of Quezon City's first district. He garnered twice as many votes as the next candidate, incumbent Congressman Onyx Crisologo.
Pinoy Big Brother big winner Ejay Falcon is also leading in the vice gubernatorial race against incumbent Antonio Perez Jr. in Oriental Mindoro.
Nash Aguas, former Goin’ Bulilit child actor, is currently second in the councilor race for Los Baños, Laguna.
Meanwhile, actor Yul Servo is far ahead of his competitors for the vice mayoral race in Manila City. He is the running-mate Honey Lacuna who is expected to win in the mayoral race.
Lucy Torres-Gomez will be the successor of her husband, Richard Gomez, as Ormoc City mayor. Gomez also won his bid to be Leyte’s 4th district representative.
Jolo Revilla is now the Cavite 1st District Rep while his mom, Lani Mercado-Revilla was elected Congresswoman of the 2nd District, still in Cavite.
Jason Abalos has also been elected as Board Member in the 2nd District of Nueva Ecija.
Several personalities were also elected as Councilors in different cities. They are as follows:
Jhong Hilario - Makati City 1st District
Manuel Chua - San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
Aika Melendez and Alfred Vargas - Quezon City
Angelu de Leon - Pasig City
Vandolph Quizon - Parañaque
JC Parker Aguas - Angeles, Pampanga
James Yap - San Juan
Paul Artadi - San Juan
Ervic Vijandre - San Juan
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