La Union is one of the four provinces in the Ilocos Region of the Philippines. The others are Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan.
San Fernando is the capital of La Union and the only component city of the province. The province also has 19 municipalities namely Agoo, Aringay, Bacnotan, Bagulin, Balaoan, Bangar, Bauang, Burgos, Caba, Luna, Naguilian, Pugo, Rosario, San Gabriel, San Juan, Santo Tomas ,Santol, Sudipen and Tubao.
Born in San Fernando, Francisco Emmanuel “Pacoy” Ramos Ortega III has been the governor of La Union since June 30, 2016. He turned 52 on March 26, 2019.
2019 La Union election results
On May 13, 2019, voters in La Union elected their new congressmen, governor, vice governor and board members as part of the 2019 Philippine national general election. Here are the official results from the Commission on Election (COMELEC):
1st Legislative District Congressman
- Pablo Ortega: 145,723
2nd Legislative District Congressman
- Sandra Eriguel: 120,901
- Dante Garcia: 68,142
- Tomas Dumpit Sr: 24,881
- Teddy Agaceta: 781
Governor
- Pacoy Ortega: 334,366
- Fernando Dumpit Jr: 26,587
- Clark Field Arrono III: 3,550
Vice Governor
- Mario Eduardo Ortega: 292,239
- Julius Aquino: 22,556
1st Provincial District Board Member
- Paolo Ortega: 108,761
- Jay Jay Orros: 94,359
- Gary Pinzon: 83,405
- Jennifer Mosuela: 82,429
- Gerard Ostrea: 76,909
- Carlo Concepcion: 63,543
2nd Provincial District Board Member
- Nancy Corazon Bacurna: 121,238
- Maria Annabelle de Guzman: 116,256
- Christian Rivera: 105,738
- Frank Sibuma: 98,686
- Abraham Rimando: 65,798
- Teresita Garcia: 56,019
- Reynaldo Dulay: 38,191
- Pedro Ofiana Jr: 35,529
- Edgardo Balagot: 27,760
- Isidro Dacpano: 25,437
- Raul Flores: 20,804
- Chozen Tangalin: 14,167
- Joel Fontanilla: 10,527
- Alberto Dumo: 9,171
- Richard Alaba: 7,835
- Arturo Morta: 4,666
On August 16, 2014, Jean Marie Feliciano represented La Union at Miss Grand Philippines 2014 and competed against 16 other candidates at the GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She finished in the Top 10.
On April 30, 2017, Gabriela Patricia Ortega represented La Union at Binibining Pilipinas 2017 and competed against 39 other candidates at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. She finished in the Top 15.
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