PROFILE

Richard Juico "Dick" Gordon (born August 5, 1945 in Castillejos, Zambales) is a Philippine senator and a 2010 Philippine presidential candidate under the Bagumbayan Volunteers for a New Philippines.

In 1980, he was elected Mayor of Olongapo City. During his term as mayor, Olongapo soon became a highly urbanized city by the year 1983. In the 2004 national elections, Gordon ran for senator of the Philippines under the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow) of President Arroyo. He won the election with 12,707,151 votes, which was the fifth highest number of votes from the electorate.