United Future Party Single Nominates Kim Byeong-jun in Sejong and Jeong Woo-taek in Cheongju Heungdeok... Lee Hak-jae and Kang Seung-gyu Nominated (Comprehensive)

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[Asia Economy reporters Lee Ji-eun and Kim Hye-min] The Future United Party's nomination management committee announced the results of primaries for six areas including Seoul and Incheon on the 1st. In Incheon Seo-gu Gap, Representative Lee Hak-jae won, and in Seoul Mapo Gap, former Representative Kang Seung-gyu secured the nomination. In Sejong City, former Liberty Korea Party emergency committee chairman Kim Byung-joon, and in Cheongju-si Heungdeok-gu, Chungbuk, former floor leader and acting party leader Jeong Woo-taek received single recommendations.

The United Party's nomination committee notified candidates and their representatives of the public opinion poll primary results in a viewing format at the National Assembly in the afternoon. Previously, the committee conducted primaries in these regions on the 28th and 29th of last month using a 100% public opinion poll method.

As a result, Representative Lee took first place in Incheon Seo-gu Gap, and in Seoul Mapo Gap, former Representative Kang Seung-gyu defeated Kim Woo-seok, the party leader's full-time special advisor, to win. Additionally, in Seoul Geumcheon, former Geumcheon-gu party committee chairman Kang Seong-man, in Seodaemun-gu Eul, former Seoul city council member Song Ju-beom, in Incheon Namdong Eul, former Representative Lee Won-bok, and in Incheon Bupyeong Eul, former Incheon city council chairman Kang Chang-gyu secured nomination tickets through the primaries.

In Sejong, Chungcheong, and Gangwon regions, single recommendations were widely made for incumbent representatives. In Daejeon Dong-gu, Representative Lee Jang-woo was single recommended; in Daedeok-gu, Representative Jeong Yong-gi; in Gangwon Donghae-Samcheok City, Representative Lee Cheol-gyu; in Sokcho-Goseong-Yangyang counties, Representative Lee Yang-su were each single recommended. In Chungbuk Chungju City, Representative Lee Jong-bae, and in Boeun-Ogcheon-Yeongdong-Goesan counties, Representative Park Deok-heum were also single recommended. In Chungnam Boryeong-Seocheon counties, Representative Kim Tae-heum, and in Chungnam Seosan-Taean counties, Representative Seong Il-jong were single recommended.

Furthermore, in Sejong Special Self-Governing City, former Liberty Korea Party emergency committee chairman Kim Byung-joon, in Chungbuk Cheongju-si Sangdang-gu, former Daegu High Prosecutors' Office prosecutor Yoon Gap-geun, in Chungbuk Cheongju-si Heungdeok-gu, former floor leader Jeong Woo-taek, and in Chungnam Cheonan-si Gap, former National Diplomatic Academy professor Shin Beom-cheol were each single recommended.

In the primaries, in Gangwon Wonju-si Eul, former Wonju-si Eul party committee chairman Kim Dae-hyun and former Representative Lee Kang-hoo will compete; in Chungbuk Jecheon-Danyang counties, former Representative Park Chang-sik and former Liberty Korea Party Chungbuk provincial party chairman Eom Tae-young will face off; in Chungbuk Jeungpyeong-Jincheon-Eumseong, Representative Kyung Dae-su and former Eumseong county governor Lee Pil-yong will compete.

Also, in Chungnam Cheonan-si Byeong, Park Jung-hyun, chief director of Samsung Urology and Dermatology, and Lee Chang-su, spokesperson for the United Party, will compete; in Chungnam Asan-si Gap, former Blue House administrator Lee Geon-young and Representative Lee Myung-soo will face off; in Dangjin City, former Representative Kim Dong-wan and former Hannara Party Dangjin party committee chairman Jeong Seok-rae will compete; in Hongseong-Yesan counties, lawyer Jeon Ik-su and former Liberty Korea Party secretary-general Hong Moon-pyo will each hold primaries.

In Jeju-si Gap, former Liberty Korea Party Jeju Special Self-Governing Province party chairman Koo Ja-heon, former Jeju Tourism Association president Kim Young-jin, and former Jeju Special Self-Governing Province policy planning officer Jang Seong-cheol will engage in a three-way race; in Jeju-si Eul, United Party Jeju provincial women's committee chair Kim Hyo, former prosecutor Bu Sang-il of Cheongju, Jeju, and Uijeongbu district prosecutors' offices, and in Seogwipo City, former Uijeongbu district prosecutor Kang Kyung-pil and lawyer Heo Yong-jin will compete in primaries.

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