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#HalalanResults: Labor advocate De Guzman concedes defeat in Senate run

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<p>MANILA -- Labor advocate Leody De Guzman thanked students and workers&#x27; organizations on Tuesday, as he conceded defeat in the senatorial race dominated by allies of President Rodrigo Duterte. </p><p>Before the election, De Guzman was in the winners&#x27; circle in the mock polls of several schools, including the University of the Philippines Diliman and the University of San Carlos. </p><p>&quot;Hindi tayo pinalad na makapasok sa winning circle pero pumasok naman tayo sa puso ng mga kabataang estudyante at organisadong seksyon ng mga manggagawa,&quot; De Guzman said in a Facebook post. </p><p>(We were not fortunate enough to enter the winning circle but we entered the hearts of young students and the organized section of workers.) </p><p>De Guzman of the Partido Lakas ng Masa was in 38th place with 866,082 votes around 1 p.m., according to data from the Commission on Elections transparency server that was culled from nearly 95 percent of clustered precincts.</p><p>Nine of 12 candidates in the top 12 were endorsed by the administration, according to the unofficial tally. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Visit <a href="https://t.co/jVNu9nzt0J">https://t.co/jVNu9nzt0J</a> for the latest updates on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalalanResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HalalanResults</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1127999005437202432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owtcaJtxXeU">THROWBACK: Leody De Guzman sumalang sa &#x27;fast talk&#x27; </a></li></ul>

<p>Labor advocate Leody De Guzman thanked students and workers' organizations on Tuesday, as he conceded defeat in the senatorial race dominated by allies of President Rodrigo Duterte. </p>

Labor advocate Leody De Guzman thanked students and workers' organizations on Tuesday, as he conceded defeat in the senatorial race dominated by allies of President Rodrigo Duterte.