Ex-Hualien mayor Wei enters commissioner raceBy Wang Chin-yi and Jason Pan / Staff reportersFormer Hualien City mayor Wei Chia-hsien (魏嘉賢) on Sunday declared his candidacy for county commissioner, joining several pan-blue camp figures seeking to end Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi’s (傅?萁) more than two decades of political dominance in the county. Hualien County Councilor Wei Chia-hsien speaks in an undated photograph. Hualien County Council Speaker Chang Chun (張峻), another KMT stalwart, is also expected to enter the commissioner race in the Nov. 28 nine-in-one local elections. Fu rose to prominence in Hualien politics when he was elected to the legislature in 2001, before serving two terms as a county commissioner. After taking office as commissioner, Fu on Dec. 20, 2009, appointed his then-ex wife and current Hualien County Commissioner Hsu Chen-wei (徐榛蔚) as deputy county commissioner, two days after they divorced.

Source: Taipei Times February 24, 2026 17:13 UTC