In District 2 of the 2016 Malabon local elections, Dado Cunanan won for the Liberal party, founded in 1946.
Dado Cunanan Liberal Founded on January 19, 1946 by Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator Jose Avelino from the breakaway liberal wing of the old Nacionalista Party, the Liberal Party remains the second-oldest active political party in the Philippines after the Nacionalistas, and the oldest continually-active party. 
