The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on Friday, October 26, released the approved list of candidates for the Senate elections. A total of 32 official candidates was declared with finality to join the senatorial race for the mid-term elections next year.
COMELEC chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr said there won’t be additions anymore in the list, which he said would be released on Monday.
The list of senatorial candidates is dominated by bets from Liberal Party (LP) and Vice President Jejomar Binay’s United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).
The poll body also declared the remaining 52 out of 82 aspirants who filed certificates of candidacy from Oct. 1 to 5 as nuisance candidates.
Here is the COMELEC’s list of candidates for Senator in the 2013 Philippine elections.
- Ricardo Penson
- Samson Alcantara
- Greco Antonious Beda Belgica
- Baldomero Falcone
- Christian Señeres
- Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV
- Cynthia Villar
- Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros-Baraquel
- Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal
- Ramon Magsaysay Jr
- Juan Edgardo Angara
- Alan Peter Cayetano
- Antonio Trillanes IV
- Aquilino Martin Pimentel 3rd
- Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay
- Margarita “Tin-Tin” Cojuangco
- Richard “Dick” Gordon
- Ernesto Maceda
- Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri
- Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito
- Maria Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay
- Juan Ponce “Jack” Enrile Jr.
- Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan
- Grace Poe-Llamanzares
- Francis “Chiz” Escudero
- Loren Legarda
- John Carlos De Los Reyes
- Marwil Llasos
- Rizalito David
- Ramon Montaño
- Edward Hagedorn
- Teodoro “Teddy” Casiño

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