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Brenda Ruma

Brenda Belarmino Ruma

Vice Mayor
Party
NPC
Jurisdiction
Rizal, Cagayan
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
12
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Vice Mayor (2025–2028) · Vice Mayor (2022–2025) · Mayor (2019–2022)

Political Career Replay

2026
Vice MayorNPC
Mayor · 2016–2019
Rizal
Mayor · 2019–2022
Rizal
Vice Mayor · 2022–2025
Rizal
Vice Mayor · 2025–2028
Rizal
2016202020242028
  • Vice Mayor · Rizal6,683 votes of 10,569 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Vice Mayor · Rizal5,990 votes of 9,903 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
  • Mayor · Rizal5,638 votes of 9,159 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Mayor · RizalUnopposed — 3,758 votes (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019

Election history (4 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025Vice MayorRizalNPC6,68363.2%✓ Won
2022Vice MayorRizalPDPLBN5,99060.5%✓ Won
2019MayorRizalNUP5,63861.6%✓ Won
2016MayorRizalIND3,758100.0%✓ Won

Source: COMELEC certified results compiled by Open Halalan (ODbL 1.0), via BetterGov Dynasties. Vote counts are as reported in the compilation.

Party affiliation history

  1. IND
    2016–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  2. NUP
    2019–2022 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  3. PDPLBN
    2022–2025 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  4. NPC
    2025–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

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Legislative record

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Term-limit seat moves

Patterns where a seat stayed with this official or the same surname after a term limit. These moves are legal; the level measures how concentrated the seat became, not wrongdoing.

Vice Mayor ⇄ Mayor · Rizal, Cagayan
Joel RumaBrenda Ruma
Moderate risk · 4 pts
Seat exchangeTerm limit 2022
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’04
’07
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’13
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’16
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’19
S
’22
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’25

Both share the same surname · Surname held these offices 18 straight years

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Family connections

Same-surname bloc in Cagayan

4 of 304 local seats are held by officials surnamed Ruma (2025 elections).

Cagayan · 2025 elections
Ruma
4
of 304 seats
23,500
votes
+2 barangay & SK officials named Ruma1 SK chairs · 1 SK membersShow
  • Renan G. RumaSK Chair · Brgy. Linno-C, Rizal

Elected in the 2023 barangay & SK elections (DILG directory). Matched by last name only within Cagayan; a common surname is very likely to include unrelated families. The list above shows only the punong barangay and SK chairs.

A surname bloc is officials elected in one province who carry the same surname as last or middle name; barangay & SK officials with the same last name are listed separately. Shared names may not mean kinship, and a bloc is not evidence of wrongdoing. Definition and data:BetterGov.ph Dynasties

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Awards & achievements

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Performance

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