Grace Poe ran for a seat in the Philippine Senate during the election in 2013 as an independent affiliated with the Team PNoy coalition of Benigno Aquino III.
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She ended up winning more votes than other candidates and over 20 million votes, ahead of Loren Legarda, who previously topped two candidates. She was a candidate for the 2016 presidential elections.
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On May 13, 2019, Poe was re-elected to the Senate with over 22 million votes, coming in second, only behind fellow, Senator Cynthia Villar.
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Will Grace Poe run for president?
On March 8, 2016, Grace was a candidate for the presidential elections. The supreme court decided to allow Grace to run for president and reverse the decision of the COMELEC to disqualify her in the 2016 presidential elections, voting 9-6.
Poe placed 3rd in the presidential election race count. There is the possibility that she will be running again in the next elections.
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