Brother replaces Loren in Antique

SAN JOSE, Antique – The province’s next congressman is Antonio Agapito “AA” Legarda, brother of outgoing Cong. Loren Legarda who is returning to the Senate.

Legarda got 105,063 votes as of 9: 47 p. m. in the Transparency Server of the Commission on Elections.

He ran under the Nationalist People’s Coalition and is replacing his sister who served as Antique congresswoman for only one term (2019-2022) after completing her three consecutive Senate terms from 2010 to 2019.

The other candidates for Antique congressmen were former congressmen Paolo Javier of PDP-Laban, Atty. Ade Fajardo of the Liberal Party and Pao Javier./ PN