Re-electionist Senator Christopher “Bong” Go lead the senatorial race in the partial and unofficial tally being conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

As of 12: 45 in the afternoon, Go is leading the way with 26,460,405 votes while former Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV is second with 20,606,012, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is third with 20,248,364, ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is fourth with 16,802,731.

Former Senator Francis Pangilinan is fifth with 15,708,677 votes and Sagip party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta is sixth with 14,894, 426.

The rest of the top 12 are as follows:

7. Ping Lacson
8. Tito Sotto
9. 9.Pia Cayetano
10. Camille Villar
11. 11.Lito Lapid
12. Imee Marcos

Go said he and other allies of the Duterte family were at a disadvantage in this midterm election.

“Sa totoo lang po, mahirap po. Iba yung sitwasyon namin nung 2019 na administration. Ito sariling sikap kami, wala kaming entablado. Kami-kami mismo ang nagtutulungan sa motorcade, entablado, para sa aming sorties,” Go said.

(To be honest, this was challenging for us. Our situation was different during the administration in 2019. We worked on our own, we don’t have a stage. We are the ones helping each other in our motorcades and stages in our sorties.)

“Ito, napaka-challenging sa akin ng kampanyang ito, ito ang pinakamahirap. Sariling kayod talaga ito. Pero sipag lang talaga po. Napaka-importante ang sinseridad sa serbisyo, with all sincerity and humility.”

(This campaign is very challenging for me, this is the most difficult. It is really my own work. But you just need hard work. Sincerity in service is very important, with all sincerity and humility.)

Aquino said Kiko-Bam tandem’s election performance was due to the overwhelming support from young voters.

“Very unexpected po ito. This morning napakiramdaman po namin makakapasok kami, pero siyempre hindi ganito kataas,” he said.

(This is unexpected. We actually got a hunch this morning that we could make it but we did not expect to rank this high.)

“Kaya nagpapasalamat kami sa lahat ng mga tumulong, lahat ng mga volunteers, especially yung mga kabataan. Tingin ho namin yung mga kabataan talaga yung nagdala sa amin ni Sen. Kiko sa winning circle,” Aquino added.

(We are so thankful to everyone who helped, to all the volunteers, especially the youth. We think that it was the youth who helped us Senator Kiko make it to the winning circle.)

Pangilinan said he thought that news of his placing fifth in the senatorial tally was “fake news.”