Uijeongbu Eul Gwon Hyuk-gi, Lee Jae-gang, and Lim Geun-jae Primary Election
The Democratic Party of Korea on the 1st strategically nominated former Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae in Gyeonggi Hanam-gap, and former Hyundai Motor Company president Gong Young-woon, a recruited talent, in Hwaseong-e, the constituency of Lee Won-wook, a member who left the party and is part of the anti-Lee Jae-myung faction.
On the same day, Ahn Kyu-baek, head of the party's strategic nomination management committee, announced the results of the strategic nomination screening at a briefing at the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul.
Ahn Gyu-baek, Chair of the Strategic Nomination Management Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea, is announcing the results of the Strategic Nomination Committee meeting at the central party office in Yeouido, Seoul on the 1st. [Image source=Yonhap News]
In Hanam-eul, recruited talent and great-grandson of Baekbeom Kim Gu, Kim Yong-man, director of the Korea Provisional Government Memorial Project Association, was selected as the general election candidate, and in Ansan-byeong, Park Hae-cheol, chairman of the National Public Industry Labor Union Federation, was chosen.
In Gyeonggi Yongin-jeong, the constituency of Lee Tan-hee, who declared he would not run, a three-way national primary will be held among former lawmaker Lee Eon-ju, who recently rejoined the party, Lee Heon-wook, former president of Gyeonggi Urban Corporation and a close aide to Representative Lee Jae-myung, and Park Sung-min, former youth secretary at the Blue House.
In Uijeongbu-gap, the constituency of lawmaker Oh Young-hwan, who is not running, the candidate will be decided through a primary between recruited talent No. 1, lawyer Park Ji-hye, and Moon Seok-gyun, son of former National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and head of the Uijeongbu branch of the Kim Dae-jung Foundation.
In Uijeongbu-eul, the constituency of lawmaker Kim Min-chul, who was cut off (excluded from nomination), a three-way primary will be held among Kwon Hyuk-ki, head of political planning at the party leader's office, and preliminary candidates Lee Jae-gang and Im Geun-jae.
In Gwangmyeong, a two-person primary will be held between incumbent lawmaker Yang Ki-dae of the anti-Lee faction and recruited talent and former party innovation committee member lawyer Kim Nam-hee.
In Incheon Namdong-eul, the constituency of lawmaker Yoon Kwan-seok, who was arrested and left the party due to the 'party convention money envelope' scandal, candidates Lee Byung-rae and Bae Tae-jun will compete, and in Sejong-gap, where lawmaker Hong Sung-guk declared he would not run, candidates Lee Kang-jin, Lee Young-sun, Noh Jong-yong, and Park Beom-jong will compete in the primary.
In Hwaseong-jeong, a primary will be held among proportional representative lawmaker Jeon Yong-gi of the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction, Jin Seok-beom, former president of the Gyeonggi Welfare Foundation and also a pro-Lee figure, and Cho Dae-hyun, former Blue House administrator.
In Jeonnam Suncheon, Gwangyang, Gokseong, Gurye-gap, the constituency of lawmaker So Byung-chul, who declared he would not run, candidates Son Hun-mo and Kim Moon-soo will compete in the primary.
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