Taiwan’s “nine-in-one” county and mayoral elections will be held on November 26. This year, the island's political parties nominated candidates relatively later than in previous years. The latest news on the island shows that as of the evening of July 6, the candidates for mayor of the "six cities" of the Chinese Kuomintang have been determined except for New Taipei City and Taichung City. The Democratic Progressive Party is also finalizing the candidates. Currently, only Six counties and cities have not yet been nominated, and the "Double-Beijing (Taipei, New Taipei)" that has attracted the most attention from the outside world has not yet been finalized.
DPP "legislator" Liu Chuhao (left) is running for Taitung County Mayor; Tsai Ing-wen's office spokesman Kolas Yotakat is the candidate for Hualien County Mayor.
Seeing that the election is approaching day by day, the Central Executive Council of the Democratic Progressive Party officially approved on the 6th to recruit Li Junliu, deputy secretary-general of Tsai Ing-wen’s office, to run for mayor of Chiayi; Huang Xiufang, a “green committee member”, to run for Changhua County mayor; spokesperson of Tsai Ing-wen’s office Kolas Yotaka ( Gulas Yodaka , Taiwan minority ) ran for Hualien County Magistrate; Taitung County Magistrate recruited "Green Committee" Liu Chuhao.
As for the Kuomintang, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi is regarded as a possible candidate to compete for the "big position" of Taiwan leader in 2024, and his movements have also attracted much attention. He has not yet announced his candidacy for re-election, and there is even news that he has locked in Jiang Qichen, the former chairman of the Kuomintang and the "Blue Committee", as his successor. In this regard, Hou Youyi did not respond directly to . When pressed by the media, he always said that "respects the plan of the Kuomintang Central Committee" .
Seeing that the election is about to begin, the Democratic Progressive Party's "Double North" candidate has been "difficult to produce" , arousing constant attention and speculation from the outside world. In this regard, Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party Lin Xiyao html said on the 26th that the party’s election strategy committee will meet in the next few days. After reaching a consensus, the most suitable candidates will be introduced soon. Before the Green Camp Party Congress on July 17, should You can use to handle all the candidates to be nominated. .
In Taipei City, which is receiving the most attention at present, Tsai Ing-wen's "Minister of Health and Welfare" Chen Shih-chung and former deputy leader Chen Jianren are very vocal. Tsai's administration's so-called "ambassador at large" Lin Jialong is also there. Actively strive for and take frequent actions.
It was reported a few days ago that Party Chairman Tsai Ing-wen had interviewed Lin Jialong twice in recent days to inquire about his willingness to run for mayor of New Taipei City, but the response he received was "no".
Regarding whether Tsai Ing-wen really asked Lin Jialong to run for New Taipei City, Lin Xiyao responded that some were exposed by the media, but there were many more that were not exposed. Tsai Ing-wen knew that the time was approaching, so she was busy . Some media had written People whose names have not been mentioned, or who have not even been thought of by the media, are actually intensively consulted and communicated within the Green Camp, and some have to find ways to persuade them to run. (Yu said Taiwan)
As the time approaches, how blue and green will be laid out has attracted great attention from the outside world.To this end, the media on the island have specially compiled the list of blue and green nominations for in 22 counties and cities in Taiwan so far:
► Taipei City
Kuomintang: "legislator" Chiang Wanan
Democratic Progressive Party: not nominated
► New Taipei City
Kuomintang: not Nominated
Democratic Progressive Party: Not nominated
► Keelung City
Kuomintang: Former "Legislator" Xie Guoliang
Democratic Progressive Party: "Legislator" Tsai Adaptation
► Taoyuan City
Kuomintang: Former "Executive President" Zhang Shanzheng
People Join the Party: Current Hsinchu Mayor Lin Zhijian
► Hsinchu County
Kuomintang: Current County Mayor Yang Wenke
Democratic Progressive Party: Not nominated
► Hsinchu City
Kuomintang: Lin Gengren
Democratic Progressive Party: Current Vice Mayor of Hsinchu City Shen Huihong
►Miaoli County
Kuomintang: Hsieh Fu-hong
DPP: Former Toufen Mayor Xu Dingzhen
►Taichung City
Kuomintang: Not nominated
DPP: "Vice President of the Legislative Yuan" Cai Qichang
►Changhua County
Kuomintang: Current County Chang Wang Huimei
Democratic Progressive Party: "legislator" Huang Xiufang
►Nantou County
Kuomintang: "legislator"Xu Shuhua
DPP: former "legislator" Cai Peihui
►Yunlin County
Kuomintang: current county magistrate Zhang Lishan
DPP: "legislator" Liu Jianguo
►Chiayi County
Kuomintang: not nominated
DPP: current county magistrate Weng Zhangliang
►Chiayi City
Kuomintang: current mayor Huang Minhui
DPP: deputy secretary-general of Tsai Ing-wen's office Li Junli
► Tainan City
Kuomintang: Tainan City Councilor Xie Longjie
Democratic Progressive Party: Current Mayor Huang Weizhe
► Kaohsiung City
Kuomintang: Think Tank CEO Ke Zhien
Democratic Progressive Party: Current Mayor Chen Qimai
► Pingtung County
Kuomintang: Former "Legislator" Su Qingquan
Democratic Progressive Party: "Legislator" Zhou Chunmi
► Yilan County
Kuomintang: Current County Magistrate Lin Zimiao
Democratic Progressive Party: Yilan Changjiang Congyuan
► Hualien County
Kuomintang: Current County Magistrate Xu Zhenwei
DPP: Tsai Ing-wen’s Office Spokesperson Kolas Yotaka
► Taitung County
KMT: Current County Magistrate Rao Qingling
DPP: "Legislator" Liu Chuhao
►Penghu County
KMT: Not nominated
DPP Party: Not nominated
► Kinmen County
Kuomintang: Current County Mayor Yang Zhenwu
Democratic Progressive Party: Not nominated
► Lianjiang County
Kuomintang: Not nominated
Democratic Progressive Party: Not nominated
