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‘Goma’ paces race for Leyte 4th-district House seat

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Richard Gomez paces race for Leyte House seat" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/05/09/20220510-richard-gomez-ig.jpg"/></figure></div><h3>Wife Lucy eyes Ormoc mayoralty</h3><p>MANILA – Outgoing Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez is poised to take over the House of Representatives seat once occupied by his wife, Lucy Torres, in Leyte. </p><p>With 97% of elections returns having been transmitted, Gomez has established a robust margin over Goyo Larrazabal in the race for Leyte&#x27;s fourth district. </p><p>In the partial, unofficial count, Gomez received 142,790 votes while Larrazabal tallied 113,252 votes from 1,987 clustered precincts. </p><p>Gomez won the 2016 and 2019 mayoralty races in Ormoc, while Torres has exhausted her three terms as congresswoman. </p><p>Meanwhile, Torres is to switch spots with her husband. </p><p>The former actress has 71,414 votes while behind her is Ondo Codilla with 41,741, as of 3:17 a.m. Tuesday.</p><div><em>Bookmark the <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN News Halalan results page</a> to see the partial unofficial tally of election returns.</em></div><div><em>For other updates, visit ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/halalan-2022-abs-cbn-news-updates-on-philippine-elections">here</a>.</em></div>

Gomez is poised to take over the House of Representatives seat once occupied by his wife, Lucy Torres, in Leyte.