Democratic Party Announces 'Two-Candidate Primary' for Gwangju Dongnam-eul and Gwangsan-eul

The Democratic Party primaries for Gwangju Dong-gu Nam-gu (Eul) and Gwangsan-gu (Eul), to be held ahead of the 22nd National Assembly election, will also proceed as two-person races.

On the 15th, the Democratic Party's Nomination Management Committee announced the results of the third screening, confirming a 1:1 matchup including incumbent lawmakers in both Dongnam-eul and Gwangsan-eul.

In the Dong-gu Nam-gu Eul electoral district, incumbent lawmaker Lee Byung-hoon will face former Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Ahn Do-gul. Kim Byung-woo, head of the Democratic Innovation Research Institute; former Dong-gu mayors Kim Seong-hwan and Noh Hee-yong; Kim Hae-kyung, invited professor at Nambu University; former lawmaker Yang Hyung-il; and Lee Jeong-rak, vice chairman of the Democratic Party's Social Economy Committee, were cut off (excluded from nomination).

In the Gwangsan-gu Eul electoral district, incumbent lawmaker Min Hyung-bae and former Blue House senior administrative officer Jeong Jae-hyeok will compete for the nomination.

Former Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy spokesperson Kim Seong-jin and former Blue House administrative officer Choi Chi-hyun were cut off.

Some preliminary candidates are known to have filed appeals for reconsideration and raised objections.

The Democratic Party's Nomination Committee had earlier announced primaries for three electoral districts: Gwangju Buk-gu (Gap), Buk-gu (Eul), and Dong-gu Nam-gu (Gap), and including the two districts announced on this day, declared five out of eight districts as two-person primary races.

Seogu (Gap), Seogu (Eul), and Gwangsan-gu (Gap) have not yet been announced.

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