It is a real pity that most Filipinos only remember the main contenders in a national election. The losers can sometimes be more interesting than the winners. In 1935, the two main contenders were Manuel Luis Quezon vs. Emilio Aguinaldo. Bishop Gregorio Aglipay gets mentioned but not Pascual Racuyal, who earned the distinction of having challenged all presidents from Quezon to Marcos and lost. He would have challenged Ferdinand E. Marcos and Corazon Aquino in the 1986 snap elections too, but by then he was declared a nuisance candidate.

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