Jejomar Binay, 67: The diminutive mayor of the financial district of Makati made a dramatic late surge in the polls to the front of the vice presidential race after a faction in the Aquino camp shifted support to him. Binay was a close ally of Aquino's mother, the late president Corazon Aquino. Manny Pacquiao, 31: The seven-time world boxing champion is seeking a Lower House seat three years after being knocked out in a similar attempt. __