'Song Gap-seok vs Jo In-cheol' Confirmed as Democratic Party Primary Candidates for Gwangju Seo-gu Gap

Jeonnam Damyang, Hampyeong, Yeonggwang, Jangseong, Incumbent Lawmaker Lee Gae-ho Unopposed Nomination

The Democratic Party primary candidates for the 22nd National Assembly election in Seo-gu (Gap), Gwangju Metropolitan City, have been confirmed.

The Democratic Party Central Committee's Public Office Candidate Recommendation Management Committee announced the results of the 7th screening for 21 electoral districts on the 25th. Among them, in the Seo-gu Gap electoral district of Gwangju, incumbent lawmaker Song Gap-seok and former Gwangju Metropolitan City Deputy Mayor for Culture and Economy Jo In-cheol will compete for the ticket to the general election.

In the Democratic Party primary for Seo-gu Gap, along with Lawmaker Song and former Deputy Mayor Jo, former Blue House Senior Administrator Kim Myung-jin and former Democratic Party Supreme Council member Park Hye-ja also competed for the primary nomination.

Kim Myung-jin, the former Blue House Senior Administrator who was cut off (excluded from nomination), announced that he would file for a reconsideration, disagreeing with the screening results.

With the confirmation of the Seo-gu Gap primary in the Gwangju area, primary candidates have been confirmed in 7 out of 8 electoral districts, excluding Seo-gu (Eul). Seo-gu (Eul), which was designated early as a strategic electoral district, has yet to announce whether there will be a primary or strategic nomination.

In three districts?Dong-gu Nam-gu (Gap), Buk-gu (Gap), and Buk-gu (Eul)?all incumbent lawmakers were eliminated in the primary, and preliminary candidates Jeong Jin-wook, Jeong Jun-ho, and Jeon Jin-sook secured the Democratic Party nomination for the general election.

In Dong-gu Nam-gu (Eul), where incumbent lawmaker Lee Byung-hoon and former Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance Ahn Do-geol face off, and in Gwangsan (Eul), confirmed as a three-person primary among incumbent lawmaker Min Hyung-bae, former Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy spokesperson Kim Seong-jin, and former Blue House Senior Administrator Jeong Jae-hyeok, the primary will be held from the 26th to the 28th.

In the Jeonnam Damyang, Hampyeong, Yeonggwang, and Jangseong electoral district, lawmaker Lee Gae-ho was nominated unopposed.

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