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The 2025 midterm elections are showstoppers set on May 12 whose filing of the Certificates of Candidacy (CoC) has ended on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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Here is the list of celebrities—movie, film, theater, music and multimedia who are gunning for various posts in the national, regional and local levels of government.

Watch out for the battle in the Senate as some of these radio, television, film and multimedia personalities, old and new, fight it out for its twelve slots: TV and newspaperman Ben Tulfo; Willie Ong (yes, the popular social media doctor); Jimmy Bondoc, the singing-lawyer, former Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) secretary Erwin Tulfo;

Band member Marc Gamboa, son of the owner of Erase Placenta; game show host Willie Revillame; award-winning actor Phillip Salvador; Camille Villar, daughter of Senator Cynthia Villar and former senator Manny Villar;

Some of the re-electionists: actor and boxing champ Manny Pacquiao; Titanic Action Star Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.; action hero Lito Lapid; TV, music and movie actor Tito Sotto;  

For Congress: Vilma Santos and Department of Finance Secretary Ralph Recto’s son Ryan Christian Recto, Lone District of Lipa in Batangas Province; Maine Mendoza’s husband Arjo Atayde, 1^st District of Quezon City;

Re-election for Richard Gomez, 4^th District of Leyte; Publisher Ray Junia, 1^st District, both of Leyte Province;

Cristine Reyes’ boyfriend Marco Gumabao is gunning for the congressional 4^th District of Camarines Sur.

Actress Lani Mercado and son Jolo Revilla are running again for the 2nd and 1^st congressional Districts for Cavite, respectively while EJ Falcon is gunning for a congressional seat in Oriental Mindoro.

For party-lists: Superstar Nora Aunor is second nominee for People’s Champ Movement while food vlogger Diwata is fourth nominee for Vendors;

New dad Zanjoe Marudo and Imelda Papin’s sis Aileen Papin are running under ASAP NA and Loyalista party-lists, respectively.

For governor: Drama actor Daniel Fernando is with running mate, vice-governor, ABS-CBN actor Alex Castro, both re-electionists in Bulacan Province; Star for All Seasons Vilma Santos-Recto has returned to the gubernatorial race with son Luis Manzano for vice-governor of Batangas Province;

Action star Dan Fernandez are TV personality Sol Aragonez opponents in Laguna Province with actress Gem Castillo as running mate of Dan;

Meanwhile, for Provincial Board Members: Miss Flawless Angelica Jones, 3^rd District, Laguna; Actor and action superstar Roi Vinzon, 1^st District of Benguet.

For mayor of the City of Manila: Isko Moreno versus former Radio Philippines Network (RPN) broadcaster Dody Lacuna’s cousin Honey Lacuna versus Sam Versoza, former Tutok to Win party-list rep and boyfriend of Rhian Ramos;

Lucy Torres, wife of Richard Gomez to run again as mayor of Ormoc City while character actor DJ Durano and action star Emilio Garcia to run as mayoral candidates Sogod, Cebu and Bay, Laguna, respectively.

Actors Yul Servo and Monsour del Rosario as vice-mayoralty candidates in Manila and Makati City, respectively, while actress Angelika de la Cruz guns for vice-mayor of Malabon City.

For councilors in Pasig City: Actresses Angelu de Leon and Ara Mina, 2^nd District; Beauty queen Shamsey Supsup, 1^st District;

In Quezon City: Actors Aiko Melendez (who filed her CoC with partner Rep. Jay Khonghun who is a re-electionist representative of the 1^st District of Zambales Province), Enzo Pineda and Alfred Vargas, 5^th District; ABS-CBN broadcaster Doland Castro, 1^st District;

In Manila: comedian Lou Veloso, Jr., 6^th District; sexy actor Wendell Ramos, 4^th District;

In Caloocan City: Actress Marjorie Barretto, 1^st District;

In Paranaque City: Abby Viduya, also known as former sexy actress Priscilla Almeda, Yeoj Marquez, son of Alma Moreno and Joey Marquez and Allen Tan, 1^st District; Ryan Yllana, 2^nd District;

In Angeles, Pampanga: Hunk actor Aljur Abrenica and erstwhile Viva Hot Babe JC Parker,

In Concepcion, Tarlac: Vice Ganda’s partner Ion Perez.

This is only one side of the polls.

There are other shapes and sizes.

Go figure!