Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

Incumbent senator Christopher "Bong" Go walks toward his supporters after filing their certificate of candidacy for the 2025 midterm elections in Manila on October 3, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174642240691320241003-go-dela-rosa-salvador-padilla-coc-MD-5.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Incumbent senator Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go walks toward his supporters after filing their certificate of candidacy for the 2025 midterm elections in Manila on October 3, 2024. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go remains to be the frontrunner in the Senate race, according to a survey conducted 3 weeks before the May 12 polls and released Monday. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/11/go-keeps-top-spot-salvador-bam-marcoleta-enter-probable-winners-list-pulse-1142">Go leads Senate bets in Pulse survey; Salvador, Bam, Marcoleta enter &#x27;probable winners&#x27; list</a></div><p>Go, one of the candidates of PDP-Laban, ranked first in the Pulse Asia survey with 62.2 percent of voters saying they would vote for him in the May 12 polls.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/2/-quality-of-senate-bets-declined-in-2025-polls-political-analyst-1317">&#x27;Quality&#x27; of Senate bets declined in 2025 polls — political analyst</a></div><p>Meanwhile, sharing 2nd to 4th places were ACT-CIS Rep. Erwin Tulfo (42.4 percent), former Senate President Vicente Sotto III (41.1 percent), and Sen. Ronald dela Rosa (41.0 percent).</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/3/duterte-loyalists-bato-bong-go-file-coc-for-senate-reelection-1145">Duterte loyalists Bato, Bong Go file COC for Senate reelection</a></div><p>The rest of the 14 senatorial candidates who have a statistical chance of making it to the &quot;winners&#x27; circle&quot; are the following:  </p><p>• Senator Ramon Revilla Jr. (5th to 8th places, 35.6 percent) </p><p>• Former Sen. Panfilo Lacson (5th to 9th places, 33.8 percent)</p><p>• Ben Tulfo (5th to 10th places, 33.5 percent)</p><p>• Senator Manuel Lapid (5th to 11th places, 32.2 percent)</p><p>• Makati City Mayor Mar-len Abigail Binay (6th to 13th places30.2 percent)</p><p>• Senator Pia Cayetano (7th to 13th places, 29.9 percent)</p><p>• Willie Revillame (8th to 14th places, 28.6 percent)</p><p>• Las Piñas City Representative Camille Villar (9th to 14th places, 28.3 percent)</p><p>• Former Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao (9th to 14th places, 28.3 percent)</p><p>• Former Senator Paolo Benigno Aquino IV (11th to 18th places, 25.4 percent)</p><p>Pulse Asia noted that most of the probable winners are either former or incumbent legislators and are running under the administration&#x27;s Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/29/imee-urges-comelec-to-control-surveys-over-brainwashing-mind-setting-1515">Imee urges Comelec to &#x27;control&#x27; surveys over &#x27;brainwashing, mind-setting&#x27;</a></div><p>The survey was conducted from April 20 to 24, 2025 with 2,400 respondents.</p><div><strong>For more news and features on Philippine elections, visit the ABS-CBN News&#x27; </strong><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/halalan-2025"><strong>Halalan 2025 page.</strong></a><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BabGh6U1Vzw?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span> <br/></strong></div>

<p>Bong Go, one of the candidates of PDP-Laban, ranked first in the Pulse Asia survey with 62.2 percent of voters saying they would vote for him in the May 12 polls.</p>

Bong Go, one of the candidates of PDP-Laban, ranked first in the Pulse Asia survey with 62.2 percent of voters saying they would vote for him in the May 12 polls.

Bong Go maintains top spot in Pulse survey; 13 other Senate bets in 'winners' circle'

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Bong Go maintains top spot in Pulse survey; 13 other Senate bets in 'winners' circle'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published May 05, 2025 01:32 PM PHT

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Updated May 05, 2025 01:54 PM PHT

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