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Karen Ballesteros

Karen Marpuri Ballesteros

Mayor
Party
PDPLBN
Jurisdiction
Claveria, Masbate
Current term
Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
Years in public office
12
Government affiliation
Local government unit
Previous positions
Mayor (2025–2028) · Councilor (2022–2025) · Councilor (2019–2022)

Political Career Replay

2026
MayorPDPLBN
Councilor · 2016–2019
Claveria
Councilor · 2019–2022
Claveria
Councilor · 2022–2025
Claveria
Mayor · 2025–2028
Claveria
2016202020242028
  • Mayor · Claveria11,632 votes of 20,999 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2025 – Jun 30, 2028
  • Councilor · Claveria11,273 votes of 90,990 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2022 – Jun 30, 2025
  • Councilor · Claveria9,353 votes of 99,486 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2019 – Jun 30, 2022
  • Councilor · Claveria6,967 votes of 62,306 cast in the contest (rank 1)Jun 30, 2016 – Jun 30, 2019

Election history (4 races)

YearOffice soughtPartyVotesResult
2025MayorClaveriaPDPLBN11,63255.4%✓ Won
2022CouncilorClaveriaPDPLBN11,27312.4%✓ Won
2019CouncilorClaveriaPDPLBN9,3539.4%✓ Won
2016CouncilorClaveriaLP6,96711.2%✓ 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. LP
    2016–2019 · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy
  2. PDPLBN
    2019–present · Party listed on the certificate of candidacy

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Term-limit seat moves

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Mayor · Claveria, Masbate
Froy AnduezaKaren Ballesteros
Moderate risk · 3 pts
Swapped seatsTerm limit 2025
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Won another seat the next election: Vice Mayor · Claveria · Surname held this office 18 straight years

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