Democratic Party Election Committee Holds First Meeting in Gangwon: "Hoping the Blue Wind Will Have a Positive Impact Nationwide"

Central Election Committee Holds On-Site Meeting in Gangwon on May 11
Yoo Chungwon, Citizen Who Blocked Martial Law, Appointed as Additional Co-Chair

With the 6·3 nationwide local elections and by-elections approaching, the Democratic Party, which has shifted to an election countermeasures committee system, held its first meeting in Gangwon Province on May 11, initiating its full-scale election support efforts.

Jeong Cheongrae, the chief election committee chair, held an on-site central election committee meeting in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, and said, "If we put in just a little more sincere effort, the sentiment in Gangwon Province will surely turn toward the Democratic Party. I hope that the blue wind blowing in Gangwon will have a positive influence nationwide."

(Chuncheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Jiwoong = Jeong Cheongrae, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, is speaking at the Central Election Countermeasures Committee meeting held at Sky Convention in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province on May 11, 2026. Photo by Yang Jiwoong

On this day, the Democratic Party additionally appointed citizen Yoo Chungwon as a co-permanent election committee chair. Jeong commented, "This person stood in front of armored vehicles during the 12·3 Martial Law. The reason lawmakers had time to lift martial law was largely because of the strength of ordinary citizens like Mr. Yoo." He went on to emphasize, "This election is a golden opportunity to support the success of the Lee Jaemyung administration. Gangwon Province is Usangho. We must establish a local government that works effectively, like President Lee Jaemyung, to pave the way for a major national leap forward."

Usangho, candidate for governor of Gangwon Province, stated, "Calls for new change and leadership replacement are heating up across all regions of Gangwon Province, which has experienced two consecutive years of negative growth and now faces the crisis of population extinction due to outmigration. As the person sent by the President, I, Usangho, have brought the blueprint to solve these issues."

Previously, on the day before, the Democratic Party launched the 'Korea National Normalization Election Committee.' Han Byungdo, the party's floor leader; Lee Shijong, former governor of North Chungcheong Province; Ahn Seonha, advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO); Geum Heejung, a surgeon from Daegu; and Yvonah, a Myanmar-born member of the National Unification Advisory Council, joined as co-permanent election committee chairs.

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