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Ike Ponce
Filipino politician (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miguel "Ike" Fernando Ponce III (June 15, 1959) is a Filipino politician who served as Mayor of Pateros from 2016 to 2025.
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Political career
Ponce ran for mayor in 2001 but lost to Rosendo Capco, the son of then-mayor José "Pepe" Capco, Jr., he ran again for a second attempt in 2013 under the Liberal Party but lost again, this time to reelectionist Joey Medina.[2]
In 2016, with incumbent vice mayor Gerald German as his running mate, he finally won the election.[3][4][5] In 2019, he run for his second term with German again as his running mate, and they won again.[6][7]
In 2022, while running for a third-term, he tapped John Peter Marzan as his running mate, as German was now term-limited. He also supported the presidential run of another metro Mayor Isko Moreno.[8] Ponce got his third and final term as mayor,[9] as he overwhelmingly defeated his opponent, Marilyn Chiong.[10] He won in a landslide election to Chiong with a margin of 25,757 votes.[11]
In 2025, Ponce was the second nominee of Ahon Mahirap partylist. However, the partylist failed to secure a seat in the 20th Congress.
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Electoral performance
2022
2019
2016
2013
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References
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