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
Garde Cardenas
Garde Hermoso Cardenas
- 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
- 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)
| Year | Office sought | Party | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vice MayorSallapadan | LAKAS | 2,97560.8% | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | MayorSallapadan | ASENSO | 2,08445.8% | ✗ Lost (#2) |
| 2019 | MayorSallapadan | ASENSO | 3,40686.8% | ✓ Won |
| 2016 | Vice MayorSallapadan | NUP | 2,59864.9% | ✓ Won |
| 2013 | Vice MayorSallapadan | NP | — | ✓ Won |
| 2010 | Vice MayorSallapadan | LKS-KAM | — | ✓ Won |
| 2007 | MayorSallapadan | LAKAS-CMD | — | ✓ Won |
| 2004 | MayorSallapadan | LAKAS-CMD | — | ✓ Won |
| 2001 | MayorSallapadan | LAKAS 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
- LAKAS NUCD-UMDP2001–2004 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
- LAKAS-CMD2004–2010 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
- LKS-KAM2010–2013 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
- NP2013–2016 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
- NUP2016–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
- ASENSO2019–2025 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
- LAKAS2025–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
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Legislative record
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.
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
Same-surname successor took the seat: Garde Cardenas · Surname held this office 21 straight years
Accountability & legal records
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In the News
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Family connections
Same-surname bloc in Abra
6 of 281 local seats are held by officials surnamed Cardenas (2025 elections).
- Pope CardenasMayor · Bangued23,405PFP
- Alvinder Bayongan CardenasMayor · Bucloc1,180LAKAS
- Garde H. CardenasVice Mayor · Sallapadan2,975LAKAS
- Miko Cardenas BaroñaCouncilor · Bucay · surname as middle name10,357LAKAS
- Willy Cardenas LlanezaCouncilor · Langiden · surname as middle name1,995LAKAS
- Jun-Jun Martinez CardenasCouncilor · Lagayan1,071NPC
+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
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Awards & achievements
Performance
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