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The Nantou County Magistrate election is a fierce one, and candidates from various parties are actively seeking support from big names in the party to improve their electoral prospects.
Lai Qingde, the president and chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, will support Nantou County Magistrate candidate Wen Shizheng on October 31. (Provided by the Nantou County Party Headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party)
The countdown to the election campaign, October 31 (the weekend) happens to be Halloween, and Nantou County will have green, white and blue contestants for two days in a row. President and Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Lai Ching-de will stand in Nantou City on the 31st for Nantou County Mayor candidate Wen Shizheng. Ko Wenzhe, the founding chairman of the People’s Party, will hold a Halloween horse-drawn carriage sweep. On November 1, Legislative President Han Kuo-yu will build momentum for the Kuomintang Nantou County Magistrate candidate Xu Shuhua. Big celebrities will mobilize to help win the election on November 28.
Ko Wenzhe will be at Peitian Temple in Nantou at 8:30 a.m. on the 31st. He will accompany Wu Chunyou, the party’s candidate for Nantou County Assembly, to launch the "Haunting and Ghost Riding" Halloween horse-drawn carriage sweep in the urban area, riding bicycles through the streets and alleys of Nantou to build momentum for the candidate.
President Lai Ching-te set up a platform at the Nantou County Stadium at 3:30 pm on the 31st for the joint campaign of Nantou County Magistrate candidate Wen Shizheng and Nantou Mayor candidate Shen Suzheng. Executive Yuan Political Affairs Councilor Chen Shizhong and Agriculture Minister Chen Junji will also be present to support them.
Han Guoyu will be in Caotun Town at 8:30 a.m. on November 1 to join forces with Nantou County Mayor candidate Xu Shuhua and Caotun Town Mayor candidate Jian Cisheng to build momentum. Big names from each camp will compete in Nantou, making the election more intense.
Ke Wenzhe, founding chairman of the People’s Party, will hold a Halloween carriage sweep in Nantou on October 31 to build momentum for the party’s candidate for Nantou County Councilor Wu Chunyou. (Provided by the Nantou County Party Headquarters of the People’s Party)
Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu will support KMT Nantou County Magistrate candidate Xu Shuhua on November 1. (Provided by the Nantou County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang)
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A number of political campaigning activities will be held on October 31 and November 1
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