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#HalalanResults: Richard Gomez set to retain seat as Ormoc City mayor

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<p>MANILA -- Richard Gomez was on track to retain his seat as the mayor of Ormoc City, unofficial, near-complete results from the election indicated. </p><p>Gomez, running under the PDP-Laban banner, took in 77,573 votes as of 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, with 99.49 percent of election returns counted. </p><p>His opponent, Eric Codilla of Lakas, got 29,795 votes. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/05/14/richardgomez.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Gomez&#x27;s campaign <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLxS8IhUMB/">centered </a>on maintaining peace and order in Ormoc City and a promise to continue ridding the city of illegal drugs. </p><p>Gomez&#x27;s wife, Lucy Torres-Gomez, who is seeking reelection as the representative of the 4th District of Leyte, was in a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/14/19/partial-halalanresults-lucy-torres-set-for-comfortable-win-in-race-for-leyte-rep">similar winning position</a> in her own race. She had 177,938 votes against Winnie Codilla&#x27;s 50,969 votes. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/05/14/lucytorres.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Click <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/">here </a>for ABS-CBN&#x27;s election results:</p>

<p>Richard Gomez was on track to retain his seat as the mayor of Ormoc City, unofficial, near-complete results from the election indicated. </p>

Richard Gomez was on track to retain his seat as the mayor of Ormoc City, unofficial, near-complete results from the election indicated.