Browsing: Kaohsiung mayor race 2026

On Sunday, the four contenders — Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩), Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆), Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑), and Lin Tai-hua (林岱樺) — launched coordinated campaign blitzes across traditional markets and major districts to maximize exposure ahead of the Jan. 12-17 phone survey that will determine the candidate.

Lin Tai-hua (林岱樺) on Sunday forcefully rejected controversies surrounding her campaign, saying the attacks “insult voters’ intelligence.”

By KHT Staff – Image left: KMT Kaohsiung 2026 mayoral candidate legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩), Right: DPP lawmaker Chiu Yi-ying…

By RK Shih/Staff -Image via UpMedia shows the three candidates, Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑), Chiu Yi-ying (邱議瑩), and Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆),…

Lin suggested that if the harbor project could attract approximately 2.3 million international tourists annually—roughly 6.5 percent of Paris’s inbound visitors—it could generate around NT$90 billion in tourism value each year.

The KMT has nominated Legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩) to run for Kaohsiung mayor, Legislator Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) for Tainan mayor, Legislator Su Ching-chuan (蘇清泉) for Pingtung County magistrate, and Taitung County Council Speaker Wu Hsiu-hua (吳秀華) for Taitung County magistrate.

Ko lost to Mayor Chen Chi-mai in 2022, but garnered just over 40% of the vote.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆) is one of four contenders seeking the DPP nomination, in what is shaping up to be a highly competitive Kaohsiung mayoral primary.

With the Democratic Progressive Party’s Kaohsiung mayoral primary entering its final stretch, four DPP lawmakers are intensifying outreach efforts.

CNA reports that while speaking to reporters at the Legislative Yuan, Lai confirmed that the victim’s family has accepted his apology and that both sides reached a basic understanding during a one-hour meeting on Sunday.