The 2019 mayoralty election in Baleno, Masbate will be a rematch between Ricardo Cabug who is running as independent, and Mayor Romeo dela Rosa who is under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) banner. Dela Rosa edged out Cabug in 2016 with a little over a thousand votes.

In the vice mayoralty election, incumbent Marites Dela Rosa will be uncontested. So with the eight councilors based on the initial list released by the Commission on Elections.

The list of candidates is as follows:

For Mayor

1. CABUG, RICARDO (IND)
2. DELA ROSA, ROMEO (PDP-Laban)

For Vice Mayor

1. DELA ROSA, MARITES (PDP-Laban)

For Councilor

1. BELLO, DAISY (PDP-Laban)
2. CABUG, NOEL (PDP-Laban)
3. CABUG, ROMEO (PDP-Laban)
4. CORTES, BLESSY (PDP-Laban)
5. DELA ROSA, MELKIE (PDP-Laban)
6. LAURIO, ROLANDO SR. (PDP-Laban)
7. LICUP, JORGE IV (PDP-Laban)
8. RAMIREZ, JOJIT (PDP-Laban)

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