Congressional elections Valenzuela local elections, 2010
there 2 candidates congressman or district representative post of each of districts of valenzuela city. city divided 2 congressional districts: first district encompasses 23 barangays in northern portion of city , second district contains 9 barangays.
the incumbent first district representative rexlon rex gatchalian running under nationalist people s coalition, same political party had during 2007 election. gatchalian, businessman, younger brother of incumbent mayor sherwin gatchalian. in 2007, defeated former mayor bobbit carlos in congressional race, hence making first political position ever held. other candidate congressman atty. maria elisa leezl mendoza, former government lawyer human rights division of valenzuela city hall of justice , chairman of people s law enforcement board (pleb). atty. leezl mendoza founder of integ advocacies on renewable energy, land use , stewardship way towards food security , economic empowerment.
for second district, incumbent representative magtanggol magi gunigundo ran under lakas-kampi-cmd party. lawyer profession, became representative of former municipality of valenzuela 1998-2001. election of 2007 installed him second district representative of city. gunigundo s opponent race carlitos sonny tiquia, pastor of valenzuela evangelical church , former member of valenzuela city council.
many of candidates city council re-electionists. in first district, list includes corazon cortez, gerald esplana, katherine pineda, , ritche cuadra; adrian dapat, fernando padrinao, kate abigael galang, maria cecilia mayo, , shalani carla soledad second district. soledad became infamous due previous withdrawal of running congress under lakas-kampi-cmd, decided seek re-election under liberal party instead. support boyfriend senator benigno aquino iii, presidential bet of liberal party.
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