Ariel Magcalas

During the Marcos Era,as a public servant,He started to serve during 1985 in the town of Santa Cruz, Capital Of The Province of Laguna, As Chairman Of the Kabataang Barangay Of The Town. Next during 1986(post-Marcos era) As a Representative of The Sangguniang Kabataan Of Santa Cruz. He won 3 straight terms, as Councilor from 1992 up to 2001, He ran for Vice-Mayor as an Independent during the 2001 Laguna Local Elections and won.[3] He ran as Mayor of Santa Cruz during the 2007 Elections and won,[4]He led the town of Santa Cruz in battling numerous typhoons and promoting resiliency, leading the municipality in building numerous evacuation sites as well as gaining recognition from Department of Interior and Local Government due to his environmental friendly cleanliness campaigns in the town and programs implemented during Typhoon Ketsana up to Typhoon Mirinae (2009).[5] [6] and On 2010, under the banner of Lakas-CMD he ran for reelection but was defeated by his predecessor Domingo G. Panganiban in a margin of 3,733 votes. In a bid to reclaim the mayoralty post,He again run for mayor during the 2013 Laguna local elections under the banner of United Nationalist Alliance ,but lost again to Panganiban.[7][8] [9][10] He again run for Mayor on 2016 Laguna local elections and lost again to Panganiban. He again tried to reclaim the mayoralty post along with his running mate, Vice Mayoral Candidate 3 term Councilor Laarni A. Malibiran who the latter won during the 2019 Laguna local elections but he, Magcalas lost to Former Congressman Edgar San Luis.[11]