Patron family of Batangas

Term-limited San Jose mayor Valentino “Ben” Patron won the vice mayoralty in 2025 while his daughter, Councilor Vanessa Patron, ran for mayor and lost.

2 documented relatives · 1 currently in public office · 1 documented relationship · Province of Batangas

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Who they are

Valentino “Ben” R. Patron

San Jose vice mayor; former mayor (term-limited 2025)

In office

Sources: DBM · 2026 Government Directory; Rappler · San Jose, Batangas 2025 results (Ben Patron first for vice mayor; MVP Ate Vanessa Patron third for mayor); Vanessa Patron (official Facebook page) · “Sa aking tatay, Mayor Ben Patron, maraming salamat sa iyong labindalawang-taong pagseserbisyo. Mula Bise Alkalde, Punong-bayan at ngayon ay nagbabalik bilang Ama ng Sangguniang Bayan”; Wikipedia · 2025 Batangas local elections, San Jose: term-limited Mayor Valentino Patron ran for vice mayor and “his daughter, incumbent councilor Vanessa Patron” was the party’s mayoral nominee

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Vanessa “Ate Vanessa” R. Patron

2025 San Jose mayoral candidate · not elected; former councilor

Not in office

Sources: Rappler · San Jose, Batangas 2025 results (Ben Patron first for vice mayor; MVP Ate Vanessa Patron third for mayor); Serbisyo PH · Vanessa “Ate Vanessa” Patron, municipal councilor, 2025 candidate for mayor of San Jose (Aksyon Demokratiko); Politiko South Luzon · “San Jose Mayor Ben Patron, Councilor Vanessa Patron” at the San Jose District Hospital ward opening; Wikipedia · 2025 Batangas local elections, San Jose: term-limited Mayor Valentino Patron ran for vice mayor and “his daughter, incumbent councilor Vanessa Patron” was the party’s mayoral nominee

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How they are related

• Valentino “Ben” R. Patron and Vanessa “Ate Vanessa” R. Patron — Father → daughterBloodEvidence: Vanessa Patron (official Facebook page) · “nakatanggap ako ng bulaklak mula sa aking tatay, mayor Ben Patron”; Vanessa Patron (official Facebook page) · “Sa aking tatay, Mayor Ben Patron, maraming salamat sa iyong labindalawang-taong pagseserbisyo. Mula Bise Alkalde, Punong-bayan at ngayon ay nagbabalik bilang Ama ng Sangguniang Bayan”; Wikipedia · 2025 Batangas local elections, San Jose: term-limited Mayor Valentino Patron ran for vice mayor and “his daughter, incumbent councilor Vanessa Patron” was the party’s mayoral nominee

How this was researched

Added 15 September 2026 from a reader report. Offices are checked against the 2026 DBM directory and Comelec 2025 results; the father–daughter relationship is stated by Vanessa Patron on her official page and in Wikipedia’s 2025 Batangas election coverage. Earlier Patron terms and wider kin remain undocumented.

Documented family networks; not a complete government or barangay roster. National offices are distinct from local offices.

Sources

1. DBM · 2026 Government Directory · 2026 edition · directory reference date 30 September 2025
2. Rappler · San Jose, Batangas 2025 results (Ben Patron first for vice mayor; MVP Ate Vanessa Patron third for mayor) · Comelec transparency data, 15 May 2025
3. Vanessa Patron (official Facebook page) · “Sa aking tatay, Mayor Ben Patron, maraming salamat sa iyong labindalawang-taong pagseserbisyo. Mula Bise Alkalde, Punong-bayan at ngayon ay nagbabalik bilang Ama ng Sangguniang Bayan” · 27 March 2025
4. Wikipedia · 2025 Batangas local elections, San Jose: term-limited Mayor Valentino Patron ran for vice mayor and “his daughter, incumbent councilor Vanessa Patron” was the party’s mayoral nominee · Read 15 September 2026
5. Serbisyo PH · Vanessa “Ate Vanessa” Patron, municipal councilor, 2025 candidate for mayor of San Jose (Aksyon Demokratiko) · Read 15 September 2026
6. Politiko South Luzon · “San Jose Mayor Ben Patron, Councilor Vanessa Patron” at the San Jose District Hospital ward opening · 26 April 2024
7. Vanessa Patron (official Facebook page) · “nakatanggap ako ng bulaklak mula sa aking tatay, mayor Ben Patron” · 13 February 2025

Other families documented in Batangas

• Santos–Recto–ManzanoDocumented subset. Office labels retain their evidence dates; neither the map nor historical service certifies current control.
• Dimacuha–MariñoSpouses who swapped Batangas City’s two top seats in 2025: Beverley Dimacuha, mayor 2016–2025, went to the House, and Marvey Mariño, the city’s representative 2016–2025, became mayor. Her father, mother and brother held the mayoralty from 1988, and another brother is the mayor’s secretary.
• CollantesTanauan’s mayor is the father of the 3rd-district representative, who succeeded his mother.
• Ermita–BuhainBalayan’s mayor and a former district representative are daughters of former Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.
• Reyes–LuistroThe Batangas 2nd-district representative and Mabini mayor are spouses.
• BoliliaCaloy Bolilia succeeded his wife Lianda in the 4th-district House seat.
• GardiolaThree siblings hold a party-list seat and the mayoralty and vice mayoralty of Mataasnakahoy. The extended family view also includes Edwin’s brother Alberto Elmer.
• Rivera · Padre GarciaPadre Garcia’s mayor and vice mayor are mother and son; the father previously served as mayor and party-list representative.

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