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Garde Cardenas

Garde Hermoso Cardenas

Vice Mayor
Party
LAKAS
Jurisdiction
Sallapadan, Abra
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
24
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Vice Mayor (2025–2028) · Mayor (2019–2022) · Vice Mayor (2016–2019)

Political Career Replay

2026
Vice MayorLAKAS
Mayor · 2001–2004
Sallapadan
Mayor · 2004–2007
Sallapadan
Mayor · 2007–2010
Sallapadan
Vice Mayor · 2010–2013
Sallapadan
Vice Mayor · 2013–2016
Sallapadan
Vice Mayor · 2016–2019
Sallapadan
Mayor · 2019–2022
Sallapadan
Vice Mayor · 2025–2028
Sallapadan
20052010201520202025
  • Vice Mayor · Sallapadan2,975 votes of 4,890 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Mayor · Sallapadan3,406 votes of 3,925 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Vice Mayor · Sallapadan2,598 votes of 4,001 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019
  • Vice Mayor · SallapadanJun 30, 2013 – Jun 30, 2016
  • Vice Mayor · SallapadanJun 30, 2010 – Jun 30, 2013
  • Mayor · SallapadanJun 30, 2007 – Jun 30, 2010
  • Mayor · SallapadanJun 30, 2004 – Jun 30, 2007
  • Mayor · SallapadanJun 30, 2001 – Jun 30, 2004

Election history (9 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025Vice MayorSallapadanLAKAS2,97560.8%✓ Won
2022MayorSallapadanASENSO2,08445.8%✗ Lost (#2)
2019MayorSallapadanASENSO3,40686.8%✓ Won
2016Vice MayorSallapadanNUP2,59864.9%✓ Won
2013Vice MayorSallapadanNP—✓ Won
2010Vice MayorSallapadanLKS-KAM—✓ Won
2007MayorSallapadanLAKAS-CMD—✓ Won
2004MayorSallapadanLAKAS-CMD—✓ Won
2001MayorSallapadanLAKAS NUCD-UMDP—✓ 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. LAKAS NUCD-UMDP
    2001–2004 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  2. LAKAS-CMD
    2004–2010 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  3. LKS-KAM
    2010–2013 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  4. NP
    2013–2016 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  5. NUP
    2016–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  6. ASENSO
    2019–2025 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  7. LAKAS
    2025–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

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Legislative record

No local legislation recorded
City and provincial ordinances are not yet published in a machine-readable form.

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.

Mayor · Sallapadan, Abra
Garde CardenasNenita Cardenas
Very high risk · 8 pts
Swapped seatsSame-surname successorReturned to the seatTerm limit 2010
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Won another seat the next election: Vice Mayor · Sallapadan · Same-surname successor took the seat: Nenita Cardenas · Won the same office back in 2019 · Surname held this office 21 straight years

Vice Mayor · Sallapadan, Abra
Garde CardenasNita Cardenas
Very high risk · 7 pts
Swapped seatsSame-surname successorReturned to the seatTerm limit 2019
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Won another seat the next election: Mayor · Sallapadan · Same-surname successor took the seat: Nita Cardenas · Won the same office back in 2025 · Surname held this office 18 straight years

Mayor · Sallapadan, Abra
Nenita CardenasGarde Cardenas
High risk · 5 pts
Same-surname successorTerm limit 2019
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Same-surname successor took the seat: Garde Cardenas · Surname held this office 21 straight years

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Family connections

Same-surname bloc in Abra

6 of 281 local seats are held by officials surnamed Cardenas (2025 elections).

Abra · 2025 elections
Cardenas
6
of 281 seats
40,983
votes
+1 barangay & SK officials named Cardenas1 kagawadShow

Elected in the 2023 barangay & SK elections (DILG directory). Matched by last name only within Abra; 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

Campaign promises

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Awards & achievements

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Performance

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