The News Lens
Date: 2018/03/04
By: Eryk Smith
The DPP’s quirky nomination process will all but secure the seat of the next mayor of
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Kaoshiung.
Let me make a not-so risky prediction: The next mayor of Kaohsiung will be whomever the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominates, a process that should be wrapped up by March 10th.
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Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁),53, is a DPP legislator representing the 3rd City District. A former doctor from Keelung, Chen is currently the party’s spokesperson and has been a lawmaker since 1996. He served as acting Kaohsiung mayor for just under nine months in 2007. Chen has strong DPP credentials and the reported support of several influential blue-collar labor associations.
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