North Chungcheong Gov. Kim Young-hwan heads to a courtroom at the Seoul Southern District Court in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, on March 23 for a hearing on his injunction request. [Photo=Yonhap]
Kim Young-hwan, the North Chungcheong governor who was once cut from the People Power Party’s nomination race but returned after a court granted an injunction, was selected as the party’s final candidate for governor in the June 3 local elections. He will face Shin Yong-han, the Democratic Party’s candidate, in the general election.
Park Deok-heum, chair of the party’s Nominations Management Committee, told reporters after a committee meeting at party headquarters in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, on Sunday that Kim was chosen based on the results of the primary held April 25-26.
After his win was confirmed, Kim said, “Now we are one under the name of the People Power Party,” and urged unity “for North Chungcheong’s real development and for victory in the general election.” He said he would run “with policies and a vision to develop North Chungcheong and improve residents’ quality of life,” adding that he aims to “raise the level of politics in North Chungcheong” through a “clean and exemplary policy-focused campaign.”
Kim had previously been cut from the race under the nomination committee led by then-chair Lee Jeong-hyeon. Kim filed for an injunction seeking to suspend the cut, and the court granted the request, allowing him to enter the party primary. He went on to win the final round and secure the nomination.
With Kim’s selection, the People Power Party has decided its candidates for all metropolitan and provincial governor and mayor races except Gyeonggi Province. The party said its Gyeonggi governor candidate will be announced May 2. The party also said all 11 incumbent metropolitan and provincial heads affiliated with the People Power Party, including Kim, will run in the June 3 elections. That contrasts with the Democratic Party, where all five incumbent metropolitan and provincial heads elected in the local elections four years ago lost their party primaries, the party said.
Separately, the party’s nominations committee said incumbent Gangneung Mayor Kim Hong-kyu won the primary for the party’s candidate in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.
Park Deok-heum, chair of the party’s Nominations Management Committee, told reporters after a committee meeting at party headquarters in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, on Sunday that Kim was chosen based on the results of the primary held April 25-26.
After his win was confirmed, Kim said, “Now we are one under the name of the People Power Party,” and urged unity “for North Chungcheong’s real development and for victory in the general election.” He said he would run “with policies and a vision to develop North Chungcheong and improve residents’ quality of life,” adding that he aims to “raise the level of politics in North Chungcheong” through a “clean and exemplary policy-focused campaign.”
Kim had previously been cut from the race under the nomination committee led by then-chair Lee Jeong-hyeon. Kim filed for an injunction seeking to suspend the cut, and the court granted the request, allowing him to enter the party primary. He went on to win the final round and secure the nomination.
With Kim’s selection, the People Power Party has decided its candidates for all metropolitan and provincial governor and mayor races except Gyeonggi Province. The party said its Gyeonggi governor candidate will be announced May 2. The party also said all 11 incumbent metropolitan and provincial heads affiliated with the People Power Party, including Kim, will run in the June 3 elections. That contrasts with the Democratic Party, where all five incumbent metropolitan and provincial heads elected in the local elections four years ago lost their party primaries, the party said.
Separately, the party’s nominations committee said incumbent Gangneung Mayor Kim Hong-kyu won the primary for the party’s candidate in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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