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Mayor Ching Bernos wins uncontested Abra rep race

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="La, Paz, Abra Municipal Mayor and Abra Representative candidate Ching Bernos. Photo from Vhing Bernos Facebook page" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/12/20220507-bernos-ching-1.jpg"/><figcaption>La, Paz, Abra Municipal Mayor and Abra Representative candidate Ching Bernos. <em>Photo from Vhing Bernos Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Mayor Menchie “Ching” Bernos of La Paz, Abra has been elected as her province’s congressional representative.</p><p>Bernos, who ran under the banner of the Nacionalista Party, got 122,223 votes, based on partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of May 12, 2022, 4:17 PM and from 394 Election Returns. </p><p>As an unopposed candidate, she only needed one vote in order to win.</p><p>The local chief executive was among 38 candidates who were unchallenged for district representative. A total of 845 candidates ran without opponents in this year’s elections, according to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/03/25/22/845-candidates-are-sure-winners-in-2022-polls">Sure winners: 845 candidates running unopposed in 2022 polls</a></li></ul><div><em>For live election results, see <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN News Halalan results</a>.</em></div>

Mayor Menchie “Ching” Bernos of La Paz, Abra has been elected as her province’s congressional representative.