Richard Gomez keeps seat as Leyte House rep
Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez. FILE PHOTO
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — Rep. Richard Gomez will remain as the House representative of Leyte’s 4th District while his wife Lucy Torres-Gomez was reelected mayor of Ormoc City.
Based on the partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as of 10:01 p.m. on Monday, Gomez had 163,188 votes.
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His opponent, former justice Vicente Sofronio Veloso, got 121,615 votes.
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Gomez will be serving her second term as representative.
His wife defeated her rival, Violy Codilla, based on the unofficial and partial results.
Torres-Gomez obtained 90,153 votes while Codilla garnered 51,791 votes.
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