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Rex Gatchalian back in Congress after running unopposed

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Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian speaks to the crowd during the “UniTeam” grand rally held at the WES Arena in Punturin, Valenzuela City on February 10, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/05/12/20220210-election-campaign-bbm-sara-gc-vu2a1169.jpg"/><figcaption>Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian speaks to the crowd during the “UniTeam” grand rally held at the WES Arena in Punturin, Valenzuela City on February 10, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian will return to the House of Representatives after running unopposed in the race for Congress for the first District of Valenzuela.</p><p>Gatchalian, brother of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, has served as a Congressman during the 14th and 15th Congress after being elected and reelected in 2007 and 2010, respectively. </p><p>He served as the city Mayor for 3 terms.</p><p>Gatchalian will <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/01/21/rex-runs-for-house-wes-eyes-mayoralty-seat">switch posts</a> with his other brother Wes, who ran for Valenzuela Mayor. </p><p>The brothers filed their certificate of candidacies together in 2021.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy of Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News/Rex Gatchalian Facebook Page" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/01/20211001-gatchalian-coc.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News/Rex Gatchalian Facebook Page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Based on partial, unofficial results aggregated from Comelec data as of May 12, 2022, 11:17 AM and from 269 Election Returns, Gatchalian garnered 141,794 votes. </p><p>Gatchalian is among the 38 district representatives who won without an opponent in this year&#x27;s elections. For uncontested positions, candidates need only one vote in order to be declared winners.</p><p>A total of 845 candidates for varying posts have sure seats after running <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/special-pages/search?q=rex+gatchalian#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=rex%20gatchalian&amp;gsc.page=1">unopposed</a>.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/09/21/ralph-recto-rex-gatchalian-to-run-for-congress-unopposed">#Halalan2022: Ralph Recto, Rex Gatchalian to run for Congress unopposed</a></li></ul><p>Gatchalian is a member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC).</p><p>Based on government data, there are 443,611 registered voters in the city of Valenzuela.</p><p>Bookmark the <a href="https://www.halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN News Halalan results page</a> to see the partial unofficial tally of election returns. </p><p>For other updates, visit ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog.</p><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=2033223" 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>

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Rex Gatchalian back in Congress after running unopposed

Jessica Fenol,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 12, 2022 12:14 PM PHT

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