Agnes Bailen, 50, is a first-time senatorial candidate with experience in all three branches of government. A lawyer by training, Bailen entered government through the Public Information Office of the Supreme Court and moved on to work as judicial staff head under then-Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban.

In Congress, she served as chief of staff to the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago and as chief political affairs officer for Representatives Lani Mercado-Revilla and Jose V. Yap. Most recently, she served as an undersecretary at the Department of Budget and Management.

During her tenure at the DBM, she pushed for stronger governance and mobilized the country’s resources in much-needed areas by increasing the number of Drug Abuse and Treatment Centers, increasing financial support to Indigenous Peoples and those in the agriculture industry as well as pushing for equal rights.

If elected, Bailen vows to push legislation that will prioritize a scientific and humane response to the pandemic by ensuring students' safe return to school, cultivating the arts, culture, and the sciences and ensuring that all sectors and every Filipino will get an opportunity for a better future and help achieve national development.

She also promises to work for fair governance by pushing various accountability measures, strengthening the economy and education, upholding justice for all Filipinos, and a genuinely independent foreign policy that serves the country’s best interests.

Bailen is opposed to charter change and the extrajudicial killings linked to the administration's flagship campaign against illegal drugs. When asked about the feared Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and the harmful activity of red-tagging, she said she believes in the principle of "innocent until proven guilty."

She has expressed support for same-sex civil unions but not same-sex marriage. She also backs the passing of an anti-political dynasty law which she says will address the need for more competent and principled servants in Congress.