Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman 
Cheng Li-wun called for party unity on September 6 at the opening of Changhua County magistrate candidate Wei Ping-cheng's campaign headquarters, an event incumbent Magistrate Wang Hui-mei did not attend. Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen and other party heavyweights turned out for Wei, while a legislator who had fought for the magistrate nomination looked on coldly from below the stage, the Liberty Times reported. Trouble had been brewing in Changhua for months over the KMT's nomination of Wei, the Taipei Times wrote in an editorial describing a tough week on the campaign trail for Cheng ahead of November's local elections.
What did Cheng say? Wei's family had pulled together behind his campaign, which Cheng said moved her, and she urged the KMT in Changhua to live by the saying "harmony in the family brings prosperity" and stand as one, CNA reported. She praised Wei's ability to deliver, his vision and his stature, and said his family business, rooted in traditional industry, mirrored Taiwan's economic development. Eight years ago, when few expected it, the party won both the Taichung mayoralty and the Changhua magistracy, she said; now it must unite to win Changhua and regain power in 2028.
What did Wei pledge? Wei, who waved a party flag at the morning rally in Changhua City, said voters were choosing the county's development path, not only a magistrate. He said he feared Wang's achievements would come to nothing if another party took over, called himself the best person to succeed her, and promised to draw investment and turn Changhua into Taiwan's seventh special municipality. Wei, whose comments the Liberty Times reported, said he would keep inviting Wang to chair his campaign headquarters and would go on waiting.
Where was Wang? At midday Wang posted a Facebook photo of herself holding a baby, whom the county government, asked by reporters, identified as her granddaughter, CNA reported. Though the world is in turmoil, she said in the post, "we will accompany you as you grow up with the most selfless love." She wished that the child could one day ride the MRT to school and to Lukang with friends, and that Changhua's plumbing-hardware and precision-machinery industries would keep shining on the world trade stage.
Who else is running? Four candidates have registered, county election commission data show: Wei, a lawyer nominated by the KMT; Democratic Progressive Party legislator Chen Su-yueh; and two independents, county councilor Chen Chung-chia and former Changhua City mayor Chiu Chien-fu.
Figures referenced: Cheng Li-wun. — JudgeMarket.
