Democratic Party Uijeongbu Gap Park Ji-hye Nominated... Moon Hee-sang's Son Moon Seok-gyun Loses Primary

Uijeongbu's Lee Jae-gang, Yongin Jeong's Lee Eon-ju, and Cheongju Cheongwon's Song Jae-bong Advance to Finals

Moon Seok-gyun, head of the Uijeongbu branch of the Kim Dae-jung Foundation and son of former National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang, lost in the Democratic Party's April 10 general election primary.

Following Rep. Oh Young-hwan's withdrawal announcement, Moon's district was designated as a strategic area, and in the primary held on the 8th and 9th in Uijeongbu Gap, Gyeonggi Province, he was defeated by Park Ji-hye, the party's first recruited talent and lawyer.

The party's Central Election Commission announced the results of the primaries in four strategic districts, including this outcome, on the afternoon of the 9th at the Yeouido party headquarters.

In Uijeongbu Eul, Gyeonggi Province, designated as a strategic area due to the cut-off (disqualification) of incumbent Rep. Kim Min-cheol, former Gyeonggi Province Peace Deputy Governor Lee Jae-gang defeated Kwon Hyuk-ki, director of political planning at the party leader's office, and preliminary candidate Lim Geun-jae.

Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is putting a party jumper on Park Ji-hye, a climate crisis expert lawyer, at the first talent recruitment ceremony held at the National Assembly on December 11 last year. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

In the primary for Yongin Jeong, Gyeonggi Province, the district of Rep. Lee Tan-hee who declared his withdrawal, former Rep. Lee Eon-ju, who recently rejoined the party, won the nomination by defeating former Gyeonggi Urban Corporation President Lee Heon-wook and former Blue House Youth Secretary Park Sung-min.

In Cheongju Cheongwon, North Chungcheong Province, the district of cut-off Rep. Byun Jae-il, former Blue House administrator Song Jae-bong defeated former Seowon University professor Shin Yong-han to advance to the general election.

The matchups between the ruling and opposition parties in the four districts announced that day were also finalized.

In Uijeongbu Gap, former presidential office political secretary Jeon Hee-kyung of the People Power Party will face Democratic Party lawyer Park Ji-hye, and in Uijeongbu Eul, former party branch chairman Lee Hyung-seop of the People Power Party will compete against former deputy governor Lee Jae-gang of the Democratic Party.

In Yongin Jeong, People Power Party's recruited talent Kang Cheol-ho, former chairman of the Korea Robot Industry Association, will face former Democratic Party Rep. Lee Eon-ju, and in Cheongju Cheongwon, former People Power Party Rep. Kim Soo-min will compete against former Democratic Party administrator Song Jae-bong.

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