Duterte running for US Congress? Republican Fil-Am joins race

Is Duterte running for US Congress? He is, but it’s not that Duterte.

Republican Filipino-American Edwin Duterte has joined the race for California’s 43rd Congressional District in next year’s US midterm election.

While the Philippine president, who shares his last name with Edwin, is widely popular in the Philippines, it will be an uphill climb for the newbie Republican.

He will be running against veteran Democrat politician Maxine Waters, who has served in the US House of Representatives since 1991.

Waters won the 2016 election by 76.1 percent against her Republican rival.

The district covers several cities in Los Angeles County, an area that historically votes Democrat.

According to Duterte’s biography on his crowdfunding page, his father, who is from Pangasinan, migrated to the United States in 1967.

In an interview with ABS-CBN’s North America news program Balitang America, he said he is “distantly related” to Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte describes himself in his biography as “a focused entrepreneur, a pro-life, conservative Republican who will support the right solutions to our health care system, veteran care, immigration, national debt, and employment problems, as well as support our Second Amendment (pro-gun rights).”

The US’ midterm elections will take place in November 2018.



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