DPP’s Chen Ting-fei to run for Tainan mayorBy Chen Cheng-yu, Hung Jui-chin and Fion Khan / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNADemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Ting-fei (陳亭妃) is set to be nominated by her party as its Tainan mayoral candidate after winning the party's primary. The DPP today announced the results of its telephone poll for the Tainan mayoral primary, with Chen defeating fellow DPP Legislator Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) by more than 2 percentage points. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Ting-fei campaigns in Tainan yesterday. Born in Tainan, Chen, 51, has served three terms as a Tainan city councilor and five consecutive terms as a legislator. Chen lost to Huang in the DPP's Tainan mayoral primary in 2018, marking her first electoral defeat.

Source: Taipei Times January 15, 2026 06:45 UTC