Although eligible to run for another term in the House, she chose to run for provincial governor in the 2007 elections, where she challenged the incumbent Maria Elena Palma Gil, who was her relative and former political ally.
Despite being eligible for another term in the U.S. House of Representatives, she decided to seek the provincial governorship in the 2007 elections, where she faced off against the incumbent Maria Elena Palma Gil, who just so happened to be her family member and former political ally.