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The New Taipei City mayoral election has entered the final stage. New Taipei City mayoral candidate Su Qiaohui of the Democratic Progressive Party and Wu Shenghan, a parliamentary candidate, held a joint campaign headquarters inauguration meeting.
Former blue committee member Lu Jiachen (right) stands for New Taipei City mayoral candidate Su Qiaohui and parliamentary candidate Wu Shenghan of the Democratic Progressive Party. (Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)
The New Taipei City mayoral election has entered the final stage. On the 3rd, Democratic Progressive Party New Taipei mayor candidate Su Qiaohui and parliamentary candidate Wu Shenghan held a joint campaign headquarters inauguration meeting. Former blue camp legislator Lu Jiachen appeared at the scene to cheer for Su Qiaohui and Wu Shenghan. Although Lu Jiachen is now non-partisan, his appearance in the green camp still attracted much attention. Lu Jiachen said that he and Wu Shenghan's father Wu Qiming were old colleagues in the Legislative Yuan in the past. They chose to support Su Qiaohui because they wanted to support young people.
Su Qiaohui and Wu Shenghan established a joint campaign in Tucheng and invited many local gentry to attend, including Lu Jiachen, a senior politician in Tucheng District. Lu Jiachen was once the mentor of Lanying MP Lin Jinjie. Lu Jiachen had a close relationship with Foxconn founder Terry Gou and supported Terry Gou for the presidential election. He then slowly faded out of the political arena. This time, the nine-in-one mayoral election appeared again in the election, and it was from the Democratic Progressive Party camp, which surprised the outside world.
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Lu Jiachen is old and still needs help from others to get on and off the stage, but he is in good spirits and thinks clearly. Lu Jiachen said that he and Wu Shenghan's father Wu Qiming were old colleagues in the Legislative Yuan, so they were invited to cheer for Wu Shenghan. In this mayoral election, he chose to support Su Qiaohui because he wanted to support young people.
Former blue committee member Lu Jiachen (left) stands for DPP New Taipei City mayoral candidate Su Qiaohui (right) and parliamentary candidate Wu Shenghan. (Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)

The Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang sparked the "Ocean Current" craze. DPP legislators wore support uniforms with the word "shun" in the Legislative Yuan and sang "Taipei Comes Up". Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan mocked that they also sang during the general recall. They just want to be happy and bring joy. He emphasized that he is focused on municipal administration and winning the recognition of citizens, and his political achievements speak for themselves.

Zhang Jun, an independent candidate for Hualien County Mayor, is expected to hold a campaign headquarters inauguration meeting on the 17th of this month. However, he encountered many obstacles during the preparation process: no one dared to rent advertising boards, supporters could only express their opinions in private, and the tour bus operators for transporting villagers also refused to accept orders due to pressure. He bluntly stated that these obstacles are far beyond imagination, and attributed the reason to Hualien's "sauce jar culture" caused by Fu Kunqi and Xu Zhenwei's 17 consecutive years in power, that is, supporters are afraid to express their opinions publicly. Zhang Jun emphasized that he would gather cross-party forces through the "Hualien Reform Governance Alliance" and reiterated that if he had the opportunity, he would still kick Fu Kunqi's desk on the spot to let the whole country understand what Fu Kunqi did in Hualien.

Changhua County Councilor Zhuang Shenghan and three citizen representatives Jiang Binghui, Lin Zhiru, and Zhou Ping established a joint campaign headquarters in Changhua City to form the "Heroes Connection" to fight for re-election. Former county magistrate Zhou Qingyu, Democratic Progressive Party county magistrate candidate Chen Suyue and legislator Huang Xiufang came to give blessings. The event was lively and the seats were full. The four people respectively emphasized their service priorities and hoped to win the support of voters to serve for another four years.

In the last two months before the 2026 election, Taichung Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen and mayoral candidate Jiang Qichen held three consecutive council election founding meetings in the morning, for North District Chen Zhengxian, Xitun District Zhang Liao Nailun and Dali Wufeng District Lin Bixiu. Lu Xiuyan emphasized that North District must be defended as her natal district, and praised Zhang and Liao Nailun for striving for more than 50 billion yuan in construction of Xitun. She called the election situation dangerous, shouted "rescue" and said that more than 20,000 votes were needed to be elected. Former mayor Hu Zhiqiang also put a ribbon on Zhang Liao Nailun and held hands to express his gratitude. Jiang Qichen awarded the flag to Zhang Liao Nailun. Vice Mayor Huang Guorong paid tribute to President Lin Bixiu.

Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, said in an interview that his personality charm is far less than the wit and humor of Legislative Yuan Hanguo-yu, and emphasized that the ocean wave and the Korean wave are independent schools. He pointed out that the current stems from Taiwanese people's expectations for changes in governance and electoral culture, rather than personal characteristics. In response to the rumors that the North City Government plans to build a feng shui pool in the Civic Square, Shen Boyang believes that the budget should be prioritized for commuting improvements, ditch cleaning and other livelihood issues, and believes that the city's fate depends on citizens' trust in the government.

When Executive Director Zhuo Yongtai accepted a media interview before attending a joint wedding of Taipower employees, he responded to the question that the mobile phone tablecloth was still a mariner's certificate, and ridiculed Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan's discarded sugar cane incident. He also emphasized that the election and strike disputes should be handled in accordance with the law. He also said that the universal cash policy needs to consider fiscal discipline and the principle of no debt can make people feel more at ease when receiving 10,000 yuan.