on the first day of filing of certificates of candidacies, senatorial nominees of una filed theirs at the commission on elections national offices at intramuros. joey de venecia withdrew from the election as he cited his business endeavors as reasons for his withdrawal; speculation was rife when lorenzo tañada iii was one of the persons considered to fill in de venecia's slot in the ticket, but binay disclosed that tañada was not in their choices "any more." on october 4, una announced that binay's daughter nancy was their 12th nominee.