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Hontiveros is sole opposition in Senate Magic 12 race, Padilla keeps lead

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros during the Leni - Kiko People’s Rally held at the General Trias Sports Park in Cavite on March 4, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/10/20220304-election-campaign-robredo-cavite-gc-2433.jpg"/><figcaption>Senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros during the Leni - Kiko People’s Rally held at the General Trias Sports Park in Cavite on March 4, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Reelectionist Sen. Risa Hontiveros is the only candidate from the opposition who is poised to win a Senate seat while action star Robin Padilla maintained his top ranking, based on partial and unofficial results on Tuesday morning.</p><p>Hontiveros, who ran under the Akbayan party, is at No. 11 of the Senate race, garnering 15,019,206 votes as of 8:45 a.m., with nearly 96 percent of election returns transmitted.</p><p>She is the lone senatorial candidate allied with presidential candidate Leni Robredo who is projected to enter the Senate Magic 12.</p><p>In the 2016 senatorial elections, Hontiveros placed 8th when she ran under the administration slate led by the Liberal Party. </p><p>Majority of the candidates in the Magic 12 are with the UniTeam alliance of former Sen. Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, who are both poised to win the presidency and vice presidency, respectively.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/10/22/marcos-votes-reach-30m-as-leni-falls-behind-further">#Halalan2022: Marcos votes reach 30M, as Leni falls behind further</a></li></ul><p>Meanwhile, Padilla, who ran under the ruling party PDP-Laban, continued to lead the Senate race with 30,505,036 votes.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/robin-padilla-leads-early-unofficial-tally-for-senatorial-polls">Robin Padilla leads early unofficial tally for 2022 senatorial polls</a></li></ul><div><strong>The following are in the current Senate Magic 12:</strong></div><p>1. Robin Padilla<br/>2. Loren Legarda<br/>3. Raffy Tulfo<br/>4. Sherwin Gatchalian <br/>5. Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero<br/>6. Mark Villar<br/>7. Alan Peter Cayetano<br/>8. Juan Miguel Zubiri<br/>9. Joel Villanueva<br/>10. JV Ejercito<br/>11. Risa Hontiveros<br/>12. Jinggoy Estrada</p><p>Former Vice President Jejomar Binay is at 13th place, though pre-election surveys earlier projected him to enter the Senate Magic 12.</p><p>In an interview with ABS-CBN News, political analyst Julio Teehankee said incumbent officials and those with name recall such as celebrities and members of political dynasties have an advantage in senatorial elections.</p><p>&quot;Basta kapag sikat ka, matunog pangalan mo, it&#x27;s the pathway to a Senate seat,&quot; Teehankee said of name recall.</p><div><em>For live election results, see <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN News Halalan results</a></em></div><div><em>For live 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><div><em>You can also watch our <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=uZwy8UCndoo" target="_blank">live coverage</a> here: </em></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2029414" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Reelectionist Sen. Risa Hontiveros is the only candidate from the opposition who is poised to win a Senate seat, based on partial and unofficial results on Tuesday morning.

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Hontiveros is sole opposition in Senate Magic 12 race, Padilla keeps lead

Jaehwa Bernardo,

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Published May 10, 2022 09:23 AM PHT

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Updated May 10, 2022 09:45 AM PHT

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