A new but “risky” campaign model might be one where a candidate runs for office while still holding their official post, allowing voters to consider their job performance at the polls, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.
Ko was responding to reporters’ questions about Taipei Deputy Mayor Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安), who are potential candidates for Taipei mayor, but have said they do not intend to resign first.
The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) electoral strategy committee has recommended that the party recruit Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) to run for Taoyuan mayor and