I found a list of members in Chen Shui-bian’s current political vehicle, the One Side One Country Alliance (OSOCA, 一邊一國連線, my translation). I’m not sure how this list was compiled. My guess is that it was released to the media by Chen’s people. Lists like this are invariably flawed. The people issuing the list want to make their organization look as impressive as possible, so they put lots of names on it. People named on these types of lists, by contrast, are sometimes surprised to see themselves listed as members of something that they just attended a few functions for. In other words, don’t take this list as established fact.
On the other hand, everyone on this list should more or less have good relations with the former president. One of the things we will want to know when this election is over is whether Chen’s influence is waning or not. The electoral fate of these candidates will be a good indicator. If all of them win, you can bet that he will try to put together something similar for the next legislative elections. If they fail miserably, it will be one more sign that Taiwan is moving on from the Chen era.
My first impression is that this is a really impressive list. Chen has managed to put together a group of candidates that covers most districts in the five municipalities. Moreover, many of the ones he is missing are small. Most voters will have an opportunity to express support for Chen if they wish. Of course, it is debatable whether a vote for Chen Bifeng or Zheng Xinzhu should be understood as a vote for Chen. Those two and several others are long term incumbents with their own constituents, and it is arguable that Chen is piggybacking on their popularity. But after all, that’s usually true of political coalitions.
OSOCA City Council candidates
| district | name | name | party |
| Taipei 1 | 陳碧峰 | Chen Bifeng | DPP |
| Taipei 2 | 江志銘 | Jiang Zhiming | DPP |
| Taipei 3 | 許家蓓 | Xu Jiabei | DPP |
| Taipei 5 | 童仲彥 | Tong Zhongyan | DPP |
| Taipei 6 | 柯景昇 | Ke Jingsheng | DPP |
| Xinbei 3 | 陳啟能 | Chen Qineng | DPP |
| Xinbei 4 | 王淑慧 | Wang Shuhui | DPP |
| Xinbei 5 | 林秀惠 | Lin Xiuhui | DPP |
| Xinbei 6 | 許昭興 | Xu Zhaoxing | DPP |
| Xinbei 7 | 吳琪銘 | Wu Qiming | DPP |
| Xinbei 10 | 周雅玲 | Zhou Yaling | DPP |
| Taichung 3 | 劉淑蘭 | Liu Shulan | DPP |
| Taichung 7 | 何文海 | He Wenhai | DPP |
| Taichung 10 | 江正吉 | Jiang Zhengji | DPP |
| Taichung 11 | 邱素貞 | Qiu Suzhen | DPP |
| Taichung 13 | 劉錦和 | Liu Jinhe | DPP |
| Tainan 2 | 賴惠員 | Lai Huiyuan | DPP |
| Tainan 4 | 郭秀珠 | Guo Xiuzhu | IND |
| Tainan 5 | 陳朝來 | Chen Chaolai | DPP |
| Tainan 7 | 林志聰 | Lin Zhicong | DPP |
| Tainan 8 | 王峻潭 | Wang Juntan | DPP |
| Tainan 9 | 施重男 | Shi Chongnan | IND |
| Tainan 10 | 黃永田 | Huang Yongtian | IND |
| Tainan 11 | 唐碧娥 | Tang Bi’e | DPP |
| Tainan 12 | 邱莉莉 | Qiu Lili | DPP |
| Tainan 13 | 李文正 | Li Wenzheng | DPP |
| Tainan 14 | 王定宇 | Wang Dingyu | DPP |
| Tainan 16 | 曾王雅雲 | Zeng Wang Yayun | DPP |
| Kaohsiung 1 | 鍾盛有 | Zhong Shengyou | IND |
| Kaohsiung 2 | 張文瑞 | Zhang Wenrui | DPP |
| Kaohsiung 3 | 陳政聞 | Chen Zhengwen | DPP |
| Kaohsiung 4 | 黃昭星 | Huang Zhaoxing | DPP |
| Kaohsiung 5 | 林芳如 | Lin Fangru | DPP |
| Kaohsiung 7 | 鄭新助 | Zheng Xinzhu | IND |
| Kaohsiung 9 | 陳慧文 | Chen Huiwen | DPP |
| Kaohsiung 10 | 陳致中 | Chen Zhizhong | IND |
| Kaohsiung 11 | 韓賜村 | Han Sicun | DPP |
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