The 2010 presidential campaign of Benigno Aquino III, who was at the time Philippine Senator, started when he said his candidacy for the presidency of the Philippines at the Club Filipino, North Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, on September 9, 2009, 40 days after the death of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino. On September 21, 2009, Aquino's campaign announced that Senator Mar Roxas would be his running mate to be the Vice President.