How Kit Belmonte Is Reshaping the 2028 QC Mayoral Race
This write-up is prompted by a growing and increasingly visible pattern on social media: posts, comment threads, and endorsements expressing support for Kit Belmonte for mayor in 2028. What makes this moment unusual is not just the volume of support but its timing and source. It is rare for a three-term congressman, who even took a three-year hiatus from electoral politics, to suddenly emerge as a perceived frontrunner in a mayoral race this early. Yet the public eagerness to rally behind Kit Belmonte is unmistakable. The conversation is no longer “Will he run?” but “What happens if he does?” That shift matters. If Kit Belmonte decides to run in 2028, the Quezon City mayoral race is shaping up not as a battlefield, but as a moment of alignment. One that could result in a rare, almost bloodless transition of power. This is not accidental. It is political math. The first and most obvious shift came with Mike Defensor’s decision to opt out of the mayoral race and his openness to sup...