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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2015/nation/10/27/grace-poe.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA (UPDATED) – The mother and husband of defeated presidential aspirant, Senator Grace Poe, are among her top contributors in her campaign.According to Poe&#x27;s Schedule of Contributions Received submitted to the Commission on Elections, Poe&#x27;s mother Jesusa Poe, more popularly known as Susan Roces, contributed a total of P25 million.Roces&#x27; P10 million contribution was received on February 9, and another P15 million was given on February 23.Poe&#x27;s husband, Teodoro &#x27;&#x27;Neil&#x27;&#x27; Vera Llamanzares, meanwhile, contributed a total of P6 million – P5 million given on February 23 and P1 million on April 22.Someone named Teodoro Paraiso Llamanzares also contributed P4 million on February 29, documents show.But the biggest contributor is Oscar Astudillo Valera Jr., a resident of Greenmeadows in Quezon City. He shelled out P50 million for Poe&#x27;s campaign.Valera is followed by Odilon Tiongson Sta. Teresa and Maria Delas Mercedes Urquijo Zobel who gave P20 million each to Poe&#x27;s campaign.Marvin Mangonon Go shelled out P15 million, while Ramundo Martin Maslog Escalano, Mario Santos Tan, Bryan Uy Villanueva, gave P10 million each.Rowena Villafuerte Ramos and Marilyn Maestral Lacsa gave P7 million each.<div>NO POLITICAL PARTY, MACHINERY</div>Poe, who ran as an independent, defended her high campaign spending, citing her lack of a political party and machinery.&#x27;&#x27;The apparently high amount of expenditures that I incurred for my campaign, as duly reflected in my SOCE (Statement of Contributions and Expenditures) and fully covered by campaign donations, reflects my challenging bid as an independent candidate, without the machinery and full backing of a political party, unlike other bets,&#x27;&#x27; Poe said in a text message.&#x27;&#x27;As such, the absence of a party and a nationwide political machinery constrained me as a matter of strategy to rely extensively on the more expensive media advertising that enabled me however to convey my platform of government to our electorate nationwide.&quot;Poe explained that unlike her opponents, there was no political party to help defray her campaign expenses.Poe was the biggest campaign spender in the recently concluded presidential election, based on the SOCE. She spent a total of P510.84 million for her campaign.Poe received a total of P511.95 million in campaign contributions, all in cash.President-elect <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/08/16/duterte-spent-p371-m-for-presidential-campaign">Rodrigo Duterte</a> of PDP-Laban spent a total of P371.46 million for his campaign, four million less the total campaign contributions he received.<a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/08/16/binay-spent-p463m-for-presidential-campaign-soce">Vice President Jejomar Binay</a> spent a total of P463,375,216.37, while <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/08/16/miriam-spent-p74-m-cayetano-p189-m-in-2016-polls-soce">Senator Miriam Santiago</a> spent P74.6 million for her candidacy.Second placer <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/06/08/16/wheres-mar-roxas-soce">Mar Roxas</a> of the Liberal Party has yet to submit his SOCE and has asked the Commission on Elections for an extension. – with a report from Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

The mother and husband of defeated presidential aspirant, Senator Grace Poe, are among her top contributors in her campaign.