Maria Theresa Valencia "Maitet" Collantes is a Filipina politician, and the wife of Filipino politician Sonny Collantes, [1] she is also a representative for the Philippine House of Representatives for Batangas's 3rd congressional district under the Nationalist People's Coalition. In the 2019 election, she ran for Congresswoman. [a] She eventually won, beating three other candidates. She ran again, beating the mayor of Tanauan, Batangas. She is the mother of Atty. King Collantes. [2]
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