The incumbent Changhua County magistrate is in his second term and not eligible to run for re-election, so the field is wide open. I mean, really wide open. According to a China Times story, 10(!) people are trying to win the KMT nomination for Changhua County magistrate. They are:
- Lin Tsang-min 林滄敏 (legislator)
- Wang Mei-hui 王美惠 (legislator)
- Hsiao Ching-tien 蕭景田 (former legislator)
- Chen Chieh 陳杰 (former legislator)
- Chen Wen-han 陳文漢 (Hsihu Town mayor)
- Ke Cheng-fang 柯呈枋 (deputy magistrate)
- Lin Tian-fu 林田富 (deputy magistrate)
- Chan Ming-rui 詹明叡 (county finance bureau chief)
- Huang Chun-tao 黃君韜 (former county government executive secretary)
- Tsai Chih-hung 蔡志宏 (former county government executive secretary)
Now that’s a big field. I don’t really have anything insightful to say about this field. I suppose the nomination is worth fighting for, since the KMT has a fairly good shot at winning Changhua. It’s not a lock given the national trends, but the KMT has usually won this county. I also can’t remember seeing so many bureaucrats from the same administration launching bids. Usually the incumbent wants a third term and throws his support behind a specific person, often the deputy magistrate. That doesn’t seem to be the case here. Anyway, I’d expect one of the professional politicians to emerge, probably Lin Tsang-min. But who knows.
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