Push Admin

Edu Manzano trails reelectionist Zamora in San Juan congressional race

Article (news)

ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/03/25/edu.jpg"/><figcaption>Actor-politician Edu Manzano. FILE</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATE)—Screen veteran Edu Manzano was trailing in the race for San Juan congressman, based on partial and unofficial results of election returns on Monday night.The actor-host (PMP) was trailed Ronny Zamora (PDP-Laban).Reelectionist Zamora had 34,331 votes, while Manzano had 22,858.Manzano&#x27;s bid to return to politics, after serving as vice-mayor of Makati from 1998 to 2001, came on the heels of a high-profile stint as the villain in the top-rating primetime series &quot;Ang Probinsyano.&quot;His role as president Cabrera — who died on the eve of the campaign period — was seen as a boon to his political comeback, as it also came with the endorsement of &quot;Teleserye King&quot; Coco Martin.But Manzano&#x27;s bid has been marred by a disqualification case from a division of the Commission on Elections over his citizenship — a decision whose timing he called &quot;very suspect.&quot;

MANILA — (UPDATE) Screen veteran Edu Manzano was trailing in the race for San Juan congressman, based on partial and unofficial results of election returns on Monday night.

MANILA — (UPDATE) Screen veteran Edu Manzano was trailing in the race for San Juan congressman, based on partial and unofficial results of election returns on Monday night.