The upcoming Kaohsiung mayoral by-election will be a three-way race between DPP's Chen Chi-mai, KMT's Li Mei-jhen, and the TPP's surprising candidate Wu Yi-jheng, who has been a long term member of the People First Party. TPP Chairperson Ko Wen-je is expected to travel to Kaohsiung to stump for him as the election approaches.


Chen Chi-mai, the Democratic Progressive Party's candidate for the upcoming Kaohsiung City mayoral by-election, campaigned at a traditional market on June 26. He was also there to meet with one of his biggest fans, who had supported him in the 2018 mayoral election, which Chen ultimately lost.

If I have the opportunity to be elected mayor, then I will definitely change the employment of young people, such as getting large global manufacturers to invest in Kaohsiung, turning Kaohsiung and Tainan into a science and technology corridor, and accelerating the transformation of traditional industries.

Chen specifically made promises about the transformation of traditional industries and youth employment, as the DPP fears Taiwan People's Party candidate Wu Yi-jheng will take youth votes away from Chen with the assistance of Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je. Meanwhile, Kuomintang candidate Jane Lee is also aiming to garner youth votes. Wu previously said the central government allocated NT$80 billion less in national tax revenues to Kaohsiung then it should have. Lee said she would fight to get it instead of waiting for the central government to take action.

Chen Chu and Chen Chi-mai both went to work in the central government, but did not fight to get this allocation for Kaohsiung. Wu Yi-jheng is still passively hoping that we can get the allocation. I will go out and fight for it, so please support me.

Chen found it hard to campaign without mentioning recalled Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu. He said the KMT rehiring Han's administrative team would be equivalent to nullifying the result of the recall vote. In response, Lee said she would aim to retain talented functionaries as well as launch new policies.



溫暖的擁抱、燦爛的笑容，民進黨高雄市長補選參選人陳其邁26號早上到大社的果菜市場拜票，也是為了要見從上一次選舉支持他到現在的忠實粉絲－大社阿嬤。即使是端午連假，競選團隊為了顧選票，都不敢閒著。

民進黨高雄市長補選參選人 陳其邁表示：「假如有機會當選市長，那我一定會讓青年的就業，能夠改變，像國際大廠投資高雄的機會，讓高雄跟台南形成科技走廊，以及對於傳統製造業的轉型升級。」

陳其邁打出產業轉型跟青年就業，就是擔心代表民眾黨參選的吳益政在台北市長柯文哲的助選下，年輕選票被搶走。國民黨參選人李眉蓁也加緊腳步跟團隊研究如何拉攏青年選票，對於之前吳益政要求中央補還800億統籌分配款，李眉蓁則認為要等中央補，不如自己爭取。

國民黨高雄市長補選參選人 李眉蓁表示：「在陳菊、在陳其邁，他們都在中央，已經沒有替高雄爭取到統籌分配款，益政哥他認為還在期待，他們會給我們統籌分配款，那不如來支持眉蓁，眉蓁來努力，自己爭取最實在。」

這次高雄市長補選，遭到罷免的前高雄市長韓國瑜的名字還是不時會被提起，陳其邁認為國民黨如果打算把前市長的團隊找回來，等於是沒收6月6號的罷免投票結果，李眉蓁澄清是保留好的人才跟市政，但也會推出不一樣的新政策來面對選民。