Seo Younggyo Withdraws from Democratic Party Floor Leader Race: "Focusing on National Investigation, Legislation and Judiciary Committees"

by Lee Sungmin

Published 26 Apr.2026 14:48(KST)

"I Gave Serious Thought to Running, but Will Focus on My Current Roles"

Assemblywoman Seo Younggyo, who had been considering running in the Democratic Party's floor leader election, announced on April 26 that she will not be running.

Seo wrote on Facebook that day, "As someone who ran for floor leader in 2025, I gave serious thought to running again," adding, "This time, I will focus on my duties as the chair of the National Investigation Committee and the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, and do my utmost."

At the interim briefing held at the National Assembly on the 13th, Seo Younggyo, a Democratic Party member and chair of the Special Committee for the Truth Investigation on Political Prosecutors’ Fabricated Indictment Suspicions under the Yoon Seokyeol administration, explained the connections between cases by presenting the arrest consent bill submitted to the National Assembly during President Lee Jae-myung’s representative period. Yonhap News

Seo currently serves as the chairwoman of both the Special Committee for the National Investigation on the Truth of the Political Prosecutors' Fabricated Indictment Case by the Yoon Seokyeol Administration and the Legislation and Judiciary Committee.

The Democratic Party's floor leader election will be held on May 6. While lawmakers such as Park Jeong and Baek Hyeryeon are contemplating their candidacies, there is growing support within the party for nominating former floor leader Han Byungdo, who has officially declared his bid for re-election.