She is to become the first female mayor of Hsinchu and the youngest mayor or county commissioner ever elected in Taiwan. Shen, who trailed Kao by 10,000 votes, conceded defeat before the final results were confirmed and congratulated Kao on her win. Hsinchu City Mayor-elect Ann Kao, center, of the Taiwan People’s Party attends a victory celebration yesterday. Lin Chih-chien defeated his KMT opponent, former Hsinchu mayor Hsu Ming-tsai (許明財), in 2014 and won re-election in 2018 by a large margin over the same opponent, by 49.57 percent of the votes and 27.87 percent respectively. The Hsinchu mayor’s office is a major win for the TPP, which was founded in 2019 and participated in local elections for the first time this year.
