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Las Piñas congressman-elect on defeating Cynthia Villar: 'There's clamor for change'
Las Piñas City Councilor Mark Anthony Santos has been proclaimed the winner of the congressional seat, defeating Senator Cynthia Villar.
Santos' victory ends the Villar family's decades-long political dominance in Las Piñas, which began in 1992.
According to partial, unofficial results, Santos garnered 108,206 votes while Villar received 78,526 votes.
Santos stated that he did not "in [his] wildest dream" expect to challenge the Villar family's hold on the position.
He attributed his win to the public clamor for change and his commitment to remain "grounded" and serve the constituents.
Santos, a long-time councilor in the city, was aligned with the Aguilars, a family related to the Villars.
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