The DPP's Hsinchu mayor, Lin Zhijian, has recently visited Taoyuan frequently, and is seen as intending to challenge the next Taoyuan mayor. Although Lin Zhijian has never responded positively to the outside world, Lin's actions are intriguing. Looking at the 2020 local elections on the island, the DPP is tight, Lin Zhijian is indeed a move in the pocket of the DPP, if you can find Lin's successor in Hsinchu City, it is not impossible to run for mayor of Taoyuan.
Zheng Wencan and Lin Zhijian
The DPP's 2018 local elections were defeated, and there were only seven ruling counties and cities left, except for Tainan City, Kaohsiung City, Chiayi County and Pingtung County, which belonged to the deep green area, Keelung City, Taoyuan City and Hsinchu City all belonged to the fierce battle zone of blue-green five-wave, and Tao and Bamboo were in trouble because the successor was unknown, looking forward to the 2022 election.
The problems of peach and bamboo are very similar, mainly because Zheng Wencan and Lin Zhijian have strong local support, but they may not be able to transfer their aura to their successors, and the DPP is also well aware of the problem and is not optimistic about the election of Peach and Bamboo.
Who will elect the mayor of Taoyuan? The DPP is still quite distressed. Although there have been calls to elect "legislator" Zheng Yunpeng to succeed him, he has not made a clear statement, and the momentum has not been raised, and lin zhijian has recently been put out by the party for discussion; with Lin's recent frequent visits to Taoyuan, there is also room for imagination inside and outside the party.
As for Hsinchu City's successor, the DPP's level of worry is not inferior to Taoyuan's. In addition to the naming of LIN Feifan, deputy secretary general of the Democratic Progressive Party, there are heavyweight "legislators" who believe that Luo Wenjia, former secretary general of the Democratic Progressive Party, is very suitable, especially the image of Wenqing is very in line with the tastes of Hsinchu people. However, Luo Wenjia returned to his hometown to work as a farmer after the "general election" last year, and in addition, he broke with some factions in the party because of the Tsai Lai dispute in the primary election, and if he wanted to make a comeback, he must first seek reconciliation within the party.
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