Ex-DP leader Jung wins southeastern party-member primary in leadership race
17 to elect its new leader, who will play a key role in overseeing the nomination of candidates for the April 2028 parliamentary elections
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17 to elect its new leader, who will play a key role in overseeing the nomination of candidates for the April 2028 parliamentary elections. Jung beat Kim 46.65 percent to 43.85 percent in the primary vote cast by dues-paying party members in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province, according to party officials. With Sunday's win, Jung bounced back from his narrow defeat to Kim in the central Chungcheong region from a day earlier, where Kim edged out Jung 45.05 percent to 44.61 percent.
Furthermore, Former Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae (center) greets party members during a campaign event for the party’s leadership and supreme council elections at BEXCO in Busan on Friday. (Yonhap) Former Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae won the party-member primary in the country's southeast Sunday, a day after his narrow loss to rival Kim Min-seok in the central region, as the party leadership race gets into full swing. Jung's Saturday loss was seen as a setback as the Chungcheong region is considered his home turf. The DP's leadership race has primarily been a competition between Jung, who has long aligned with the DP's hard-line wing rather than fully backing President Lee Jae Myung, and Kim, a key political ally of the president.
In addition, Their rival and third candidate Song Young-gil garnered 9.5 percent.
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17 to elect its new leader, who will play a key role in overseeing the nomination of candidates for the April 2028 parliamentary elections.
reliability low1/2 sourcesJung beat Kim 46.65 percent to 43.85 percent in the primary vote cast by dues-paying party members in Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang Province, according to party officials.
reliability low1/2 sourcesWith Sunday's win, Jung bounced back from his narrow defeat to Kim in the central Chungcheong region from a day earlier, where Kim edged out Jung 45.05 percent to 44.61 percent.
reliability low1/2 sourcesFormer Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae (center) greets party members during a campaign event for the party’s leadership and supreme council elections at BEXCO in Busan on Friday. (Yonhap) Former Democratic Party leader Jung Chung-rae won the party-member primary in the country's southeast Sunday, a day after his narrow loss to rival Kim Min-seok in the central region, as the party leadership race gets into full swing.
reliability low1/2 sourcesJung's Saturday loss was seen as a setback as the Chungcheong region is considered his home turf.
reliability low1/2 sourcesThe DP's leadership race has primarily been a competition between Jung, who has long aligned with the DP's hard-line wing rather than fully backing President Lee Jae Myung, and Kim, a key political ally of the president.
reliability low1/2 sourcesTheir rival and third candidate Song Young-gil garnered 9.5 percent.
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