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The Associated Press

Dictator's son far ahead in Philippine presidential vote

An election worker places a voting receipt inside a box at a polling center Monday in Quezon City, Philippines. (Aaron Favila / AP)

The son and namesake of ousted Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos took a commanding lead in an unofficial vote count in Monday's presidential election in the deeply divided Asian democracy.

With 80% of the votes tabulated, Marcos Jr. had 25.9 million, far ahead of his closest challenger, current Vice President Leni Robredo, a champion of human rights, who had 12.3 million.

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