VICE Governor Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda is now running unopposed in her reelection bid in the May 2022 polls as her lone contender withdrew his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Monday, November 15, 2021.
Her lone rival, one Ricardo Guevarra, who filed his candidacy under the Liberal Party, withdrew his COC 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Commission on Elections provincial office.
The incumbent vice governor is running under the Kambilan Party with son and incumbent Governor Dennis Pineda, who is seeking a second term in office.
Kambilan is the ruling local political party in Pampanga organized in December 2009.
Pineda, chairperson of the Kapanalig at Kambilan ning Memalen Pampanga (Kambilan), has been in provincial politics in the last 30 years, serving different municipal and provincial positions before getting elected to the top provincial post before running for vice governor.
