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Ria Christina Gerodias Fariñas (born March 6, 1984) is a Filipino politician who represented the 1st District of
Ilocos Norte Ilocos Norte (), officially the Province of Ilocos Norte (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region. It is located in the northwest corner of Luzon island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to t ...
in the
Philippine House of Representatives The House of Representatives (; '','' thus commonly referred to as ''Kamara'') is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house. The lower house is commonly refe ...
from 2019 to 2022.


Political career

On May 13, 2019, she won the congressional election for the 1st District of Ilocos Norte by 106,000 votes defeating Ryan Remigio of the
Nacionalista Party The Nacionalista Party (Filipino language, Filipino and Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; , NP) is a political party in the Philippines which is the oldest existing party in the country and in Southeast Asi ...
by 60,000 votes making her the first female representative of Ilocos Norte's 1st District. On May 9, 2022, she was defeated by
Sandro Marcos Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Araneta Marcos III ( , , ; born March 7, 1994) is a Filipino politician who is the representative of Ilocos Norte's 1st congressional district since 2022, and the eldest of three sons of Philippine President Bon ...
, the son of the presidential candidate,
Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child ...
. Marcos received 108,423 votes while Fariñas received 83,034 votes.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farinas, Ria Christina 1984 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Ilocos Norte People from Laoag People from San Francisco Filipino people of American descent Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians Nacionalista Party politicians Partido Demokratiko Pilipino politicians Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines