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Partial #HalalanResults: Vico Sotto leads Eusebio in Pasig mayoral race

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<p>MANILA — <strong>(UPDATED) </strong>Vico Sotto, the son of screen veterans Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes, was set to topple the decades-long leadership of the Eusebios in Pasig, based on the unofficial results for the mayoral race. </p><p>Sotto, a first-term councilor running for Pasig City mayor under Aksyon Demokratiko, was ahead of reelectionist Bobby Eusebio, according to unofficial, near-completed results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) early Tuesday morning. </p><p>Sotto had 197,703 votes from 453 out of the total 479 clustered precincts, while Eusebio had 114,638 votes. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">PASIG CITY<br/><br/>Vico Sotto leads mayoral race based on 94.57% of election returns as of 4:50 AM, 14 May 2019.<br/><br/>Visit <a href="https://t.co/KRo7I8Un75">https://t.co/KRo7I8Un75</a> for more <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalalanResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HalalanResults</a>. <a href="https://t.co/Q5nsYrUvr8">pic.twitter.com/Q5nsYrUvr8</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1128047668473630720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>&quot;Sa lahat ng nagbigay ng tiwala, bumoto, at nakiisa sa ating laban: MARAMING SALAMAT,&quot; Sotto wrote on Twitter after learning of the numbers. &quot;Narinig ng bayan ang ating tinig. Handa na ang Pasig para sa tunay at pangmatagalang pagbabago!&quot;</p><p>He said that he is just waiting to be officially proclaimed as the mayor of Pasig City. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Sa lahat ng nagbigay ng tiwala, bumoto, at nakiisa sa ating laban: MARAMING SALAMAT.<br/><br/>Narinig ng bayan ang ating tinig. Handa na ang Pasig para sa tunay at pangmatagalang pagbabago!<br/><br/>Naghihintay na lang po kami ni Cong.Roman sa official proclamation mula sa Comelec.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ke2iyRTo1P">pic.twitter.com/Ke2iyRTo1P</a></p>— Vico Sotto (@VicoSotto) <a href="https://twitter.com/VicoSotto/status/1128047447727411200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Meanwhile, Roman Romulo is leading the Pasig City congressional race with 212,736 votes, ahead of Ricky Eusebio (92,827) in the unofficial results.</p><p>Sotto&#x27;s win will see the first change in leadership in Pasig since 1992 — a challenge that has been likened to the Biblical David and Goliath, given the newcomer&#x27;s self-confessed inability to match the &quot;machinery&quot; of the Eusebio political family.</p><p>The 29-year-old — now poised to be the lone, if not one of the few millennial chief executives in Metro Manila — also campaigned without a vice mayor or councilor in his slate.</p><p>Owing to his last name and likeness to his film icon-father, Sotto has been a familiar name and face to many even outside Pasig — even as he shunned the idea of following in his parents&#x27; footsteps even in his younger years.</p><p>While he is backed by household names thanks to his kinship, Sotto focused the messaging of his &quot;Iba Naman&quot; campaign on key issues he has promised to address, including healthcare, corruption, and the disparity of wealth and opportunities between the eastern and western parts of Pasig.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hOnA1BfmLi4?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p><a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com/">Click here</a> for ABS-CBN&#x27;s election results:</p>

<p>MANILA — (UPDATED) Vico Sotto, the son of screen veterans Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes, was set to topple the decades-long leadership of the Eusebios in Pasig, based on the unofficial results for the mayoral race. <br /> </p>

MANILA — (UPDATED) Vico Sotto, the son of screen veterans Vic Sotto and Coney Reyes, was set to topple the decades-long leadership of the Eusebios in Pasig, based on the unofficial results for the mayoral race.