Lai Jui-lung wins DPP primary for Kaohsiung mayoral raceBy Chen Cheng-yu and Fion Khan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) today announced the results of its Kaohsiung mayoral primary, with DPP Legislator Lai Jui-lung (賴瑞隆) emerging as the winner among four contenders in a head-to-head opinion poll against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩). The party's primaries for Kaohsiung mayor, Tainan mayor and Chiayi County commissioner began yesterday and are to end on Saturday. The primary was merely a stage in the process, not a contest of personal victory or defeat, Lai Jui-lung wrote on Facebook. Speaking to reporters at noon, Chiu said that she accepted the primary result and had congratulated Lai Jui-lung. Ko, who has secured the KMT’s nomination for the Kaohsiung mayoral race, also congratulated Lai Jui-lung on his victory.
