Rahman Nava returns as Guimaras governor

J ORDAN, Giumaras – Joaquin Carlos Rahman Nava is returning as Guimaras governor. He defeated rival Jose Ramon Cacho on May 9.

Nava got 92,570 votes. Cacho only had 3,262 votes.

Nava is taking over from Gov. Samuel Gumarin who ran for mayor of Buenavista town and won on Monday.

On t he other hand, reelectionist Vice Gov. John Edward Gando garnered 57,746 votes t o defeat challenger Vicente De Asis who got 33,319 votes.

Meanwhile, reelectionist Guimaras congresswoman Lucille Nava collected 93,994 votes to defeat challenger Diosdado Veloso who got 2,684 votes.

Here are the other election

results in Guimaras:

For Sangguniang Panlalawigan, 1st Provincial District

1. Cecile Gumarin – 35,927 votes

2. Aurelio Tionado – 28,951 votes

3. Perfecto Habaña – 22,295 votes

4. Raymond Gavileño – 19,250 votes

5. Roger Artajo – 12,118 votes

6. Pacifico Talabero – 5,389 votes

For Sangguniang Panlalawigan, 2nd

Provincial District 1. Felipe Nava – 49,004 votes

2. Alejandro Araneta – 36,149 votes

RAHMAN/11

By June 30, Joaquin Carlos Rahman Nava will again serve as governor of Guimaras. He had been the island’s governor and congressman in the recent past.