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Second District Bets Offer Ideas, Programs

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Second District: The four congressional candidates offer their ideas, programs and platforms, some lofty, some realistic.

By Grace S. Uddin
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — In the vote-rich second district of this city, where 251,272 registered voters make up 33 percent of the citys total voting population, four political bets are vying for the congressional seat.

Third-termer reelectionist Vincent Garcia, the son of former second district Congressman Nonoy Garcia, is running against three-term City Councilor Jimmy Dureza, lawyer and former human rights commissioner Billy Aportadera and 34-year-old college dropout Joel Batucan, who ekes out a living tilling less than half a hectare of land.
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