Fernando Poe Jr. 2004 presidential campaign

He chose Loren Legarda, the sitting Majority Floor Leader of the Philippine Senate, as his vice presidential running mate on January 1, 2004.

[5] One of the primary issues that Poe faced during the campaign period were three disqualification cases filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) by attorneys Maria Jeanette C. Tecson, Zoilo Antonio Velez and Victorino X. Fornier.

On September 28, 2007, 8:30 p.m, Maria Jeanette Tecson, one of the lawyers who filed a case against Fernando Poe Jr in 2004, was found dead — with multiple wounds in her throat and wrist — in room 204, of the Richmonde Hotel on San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig.

Senior Superintendent Francisco Uyami, Pasig police chief stated that the limbs of Tecson's body were already stiff when the corpse was found, suggesting that the 40-year-old lawyer was already several hours dead before her remains were discovered.

[9] While campaigning in Lacson's home town in Cavite, Poe was hit in his head's temple by an anti-supporter of a small piece of wood while motorcading in Dasmariñas by 4 o'clock.

"[11] The issue with the Lacson's campaign which splits opposition made the Iglesia Ni Cristo and El Shaddai endorse the incumbent Arroyo.

On January 25, 2008, a Pulse Asia survey (commissioned by the Genuine Opposition (GO) per former Senator Sergio Osmeña III) stated that 58% percent of Filipinos in Mindanao believed that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo cheated in the 2004 Philippine general election.