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Ko told the media that “Personal connections and factional backing won’t give Kaohsiung a better future,” and urged voters to reject entrenched party interests.

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 AI Agent/Staff On January 3, the DPP rolled out its Kaohsiung mayoral nomination policy presentation, putting four sitting…

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.