Taipei election 2026: Both mayoral candidates spent Sunday morning and noon campaigning with city councilors. It's always interesting to watch city councilor candidates "hug" their party mayoral candidates for votes.

UDN had a dramatic article yesterday about Taipei and that it's race is a life and death struggle for the KMT. They warn that if the Taipei race goes bad for the KMT it'll have a domino effect on all the other races across the country because of Puma Shen. udn.com/news/story/1...

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台北市長選戰急遽升溫，民進黨參選人沈伯洋挾「綠色洋流」步步進逼。國民黨面對執政黨排山倒海的政治圍剿，這場選戰早已打破地方自治層級，演變為牽動全國政局、政黨選舉成敗的關鍵之戰。

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Taiwan election races thread: KMT's George Hsieh in Keelung has a tough race here. Older article, but talks about how Tung Tzu-wei the DPP candidate is seeking to take down mayor George Hsieh by utilizing James Soong (PFP) and Tsai Ing-wen (DPP). /1 www.storm.mg/article/1116...

Taiwan election tidbits: Apparently KMT candidate Hsu Hsin-ying is doing poorly in Hsinchu County which is traditionally a KMT stronghold. Reportedly her campaign internals have her down by double digits behind the DPP county candidate Cheng Chao-fang. www.storm.mg/article/1117...

幕後》國民黨調虎離山　從「太平間」搶救新竹縣徐欣瑩選情 | 晏明強 | VIP

2026年縣市長選舉國民黨有多個縣市選情告急，連向來是藍營鐵票倉，光靠基本盤就可輾壓民進黨的新竹縣，目前戰況也對國民黨頗為不利，更讓黨內憂心忡忡。國民黨會在新竹縣長選戰陷入內憂外患的困境，說起來還是自找的成分居多，首先黨內初選殺得刀刀見骨，造成縣長提名人徐欣瑩與競爭對手、新竹縣副縣長陳見賢難以整合，加上藍白兩黨又因竹北市長人選撕破臉，不少白營選民倒向民進黨縣......

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While Lai tries to be neutral in his speech, Han brings up the DPP and the big recall in his speech in a not so subtle way to rally the KMT. His bet is that reminding voters of the recall will boost their election chances. Remains to be seen if that works. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

韓國瑜國慶脫稿扯大罷免、不副署 民進黨團：喊要滅火卻掏打火機？ - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

國慶大會今（10）早在總統府前展開，身兼大會主席的立法院長韓國瑜致詞時，不僅脫稿痛批「大罷免是政治獵殺」，更稱總統賴清德有「政治潔癖」，導致行政、立法兩院對立問題無解。對此，民進黨立院黨團幹事長莊瑞雄質疑，韓國瑜到底是在滅火，還是幫朝野點火，把國家慶生會變成政治批鬥大會？韓國瑜發表國慶談話時提到，台灣思想分歧是最大的問題，請朝野領袖不要再火上澆油，共同捍衛中華民國。不過，他也說，台灣民主已經發生裂...

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I hope DC is well aware Lu Shiow-yen is bluer than she lets on and isn't exactly pro-US, she's "pro-electability". Big difference. But versus Cheng, Lu seems like a better bet for an election for sure.

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Nikkei Asia: Taiwan’s KMT shows signs of power struggle tracked by US and China – ‘The foreign official said the U.S. is “desperate” to believe that there is an alternative path for the KMT to its current “pro-China” image.’

Greater Taipei elections: Su Chiao-hui has noticeably stepped up more events with Puma Shen. They had appeared together yesterday, and are doing another joint event today. In contrast I don't think Lee Szu-chuan seems to be campaigning with Chiang Wan-an as much. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

蘇巧慧預告今下午「洋流慧聚」再現新莊 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

民進黨新北市長參選人蘇巧慧9日上午參加與議員張維倩的員山區後援會茶會時，媒體問到下午跟沈伯洋「洋流慧聚」一事，蘇巧慧回應，她一大早7點，已經在淡水跟議員鄭宇恩一起健走，9點在中和與張維倩跟鄉親見面，等一下要回去板橋參加青商後援會，下午再與台北市長參選人沈伯洋到新莊「洋流慧聚」。蘇巧慧說，一整天行程滿滿，可以感受到，不管在任何地方，站出來的鄉親越來越多，大家都非常期待新時代，她的選戰主軸就是誰能夠給...

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Jaw Shaw-kong says Chiang Wan-an got complacent and underestimated Puma Shen. Media were also ignored by Chiang's team. Jaw also said the PLA state media threatening 蔡康永 over his Shen rally attendance is stupid and will only hurt Chiang. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

蔡康永遭中國官媒譴責！驚見趙少康怒問：你共產黨支持蔣萬安？ - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

國民黨「戰鬥藍」發起人趙少康昨（7日）在他主持的政論節目《少康戰情室》專訪民進黨台北市長參選人沈伯洋，不到一天已累積117萬次觀看。今（8日）趙少康又稱讚沈伯洋的表現，也直言，台北市長蔣萬安想尋求連任，但給大家的感覺「太自大」了；趙少康也怒轟中國，又開始有介選動作，包括官媒公開譴責知名主持人蔡康永，只因為他去參加沈伯洋的競總大會，這樣只會讓台灣的選民覺得，蔣萬安就是受到中共支持，適得其反。昨天的專...

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Taipei: DPP legislator points out the obvious contradiction of Chiang Wan-an proposing the removal of Songshan Airport for an AI park despite already agreeing with Lee Szu-chuan back in August in an event about extending the Zhonghe-Guangfu MRT line to the airport. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

蔣萬安拋「松機遷移」放生川伯政見 郭昱晴批為救連任賠光公信力 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

國民黨新北市長參選人李四川8月時表示，已與台北市長蔣萬安取得高度共識，未來將促成雙北合作，推動中和光復線北向經大巨蛋延伸至松山機場；豈料，蔣萬安今卻突然宣布規劃遷移松山機場，民進黨立委郭昱晴質問，蔣到底是要蓋李四川的中和光復線延伸松機，還是要拆松機？不要為了救自己的連任，把政策公信力全部賠進去。郭昱晴指出，這真的是今日蔣萬安狠打四年前蔣萬安的臉。四年前別人提松機遷移，蔣痛批是「沒常識的空話」；現在...

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A poll by commissioned by the KMT themselves shows DPP's Su Chiao-hui leading by 2% over KMT's Lee Szu-chuan in Banqiao. Hou You-yi won Banqiao District by 20% in 2022 so this is not great for Lee. Probably the KMT trying to scare their base to come out. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

藍營民調蘇巧慧板橋微幅領先 李四川今晚掃湳雅夜市「加強傾聽市民聲音」 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

新北市長選戰倒數51天，新北市議會國民黨團昨發布委託TVBS的最新民調，板橋地區的支持度由民進黨參選人蘇巧慧以43.4％領先國民黨參選人李四川的41％，雙方差距縮減，呈現激戰，孫文學校推估板橋區最後1.1％將牽動新北的勝負，李四川今受訪被問及他晚上也要到湳雅夜市掃街，是否想加強板橋的支持度時回應，所有民調他都會參考，每個區域都是本命區，包括板橋，他會持續加強傾聽市民聲音。李四川今到新莊參與慈祐宮建...

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Taiwan elections 2026: New Taipei DPP candidate Su Chiao-hui set to be interviewed by Jaw Shaw-kong on October 21st. It's interesting Jaw is suddenly interested in getting DPP figures on his show. On the surface, the ratings and views boost must be irresistible. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

10/21將接棒上趙少康專訪 蘇巧慧評昨日沈伯洋專訪提問這麼看 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

民進黨台北市長參選人沈伯洋昨（7）日參加前中廣董事長趙少康「少康戰情室」專訪，黨籍新北市長參選人蘇巧慧21日也將參加該節目。蘇巧慧今（8）日在台北市受訪，被問及沈伯洋專訪總觀看次數已經破百萬，是否會感到壓力、是否擔心題目尖銳？蘇巧慧說，沈伯洋立下非常高的高度，她不用急著打破它，她也覺得趙少康的提問很專業，可能趙過去較少接觸沈，想了解沈伯洋的真實面貌，而他的提問也都是大家想知道的，是合理且非常好的提...

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With 7 weeks before the Taipei mayoral election, Chiang Wan-an proposes replacing Songshan Airport with an AI park. udn.com/vote2026/sto...

蔣萬安欲遷移松機做AI園區 學者：南部蓋國際機場才是解方 | 2026九合一選舉

台北市長蔣萬安今宣布規畫松山機場遷移，300公頃用地將用做AI園區、住宅及公園，而松機的運量將由桃園機場第三航廈吸收。學者認為，目前松機遷移的規畫「百害而無一利」，若貿然將松機量能全轉移到桃機第三航廈及第三跑道，只會讓桃機量能提早崩潰，建議應在南部興建國際機場才是解方，以舒緩桃機壓力。

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Taiwan's Executive Yuan announces the 10,000 NTD bonus will start to be given out in late January 2027 with pre-registration starting then. Covers foreigners with APRC and foreign spouses of Taiwanese citizens as well. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

普發現金1萬紅包來了 行政院公布開始登記日與入帳日 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

行政院會今（8）日將拍板「AI紅利全民共享普發現金1萬元規劃」，財政部報告表示，若116年度中央政府總預算案於1月5日前三讀通過，且1月20日前總統公布預算，當日開始預登記，1月26日包含預登記入帳、直接入帳及造冊發放，首批即可入帳，讓民眾在農曆春節前領取普發現金「紅包」。在領取資格，比照112年與114年普發現金資格，包括國內現有戶籍國民；取得居留許可的無戶籍國民；取得永久居留許可的外國人；大陸...

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Taipei election tidbits: Jaw Shaw-kong's interview with Puma Shen barely asked him about Taipei policies. They hit or asked him about every blue talking point out there, but Shen is pretty sharp. Replied to everything quickly and was hard to rebut. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsMl...

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Taiwan election tidbits: KMT's Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) in Taichung leads DPP's Ho Hsin-chun (何欣純) by 6%. But huge amounts of undecideds so not sure how to take these polls. Ho Hsin-chun (86%) is seen more positively than Johnny Chiang (76.2%). news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

台中市長選情還差6％、欣賞度大幅領先 何欣純回應了 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

年代民調中心在10月2至4日，調查台中市年滿20歲以上、有1068位民眾受訪，結果顯示民進黨台中市長參選人何欣純，在支持度小幅落後6%，在「欣賞度」卻大幅領先近10%，何欣純上午在大里回應稱，當然很開心欣賞度遠高於對手，趨勢是她的民調一直在上升喔。年代民調中心在6日公布數據，顯示國民黨台中市長參選人江啟臣獲得37.3%支持度，何欣純則獲得31.3%支持，而在「欣賞度」方面，86%台中市民欣賞何欣純...

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You could make the argument that President and DPP Chair Lai's strategy was setting up Puma Shen as the shiny object to be a distraction, but it's obvious the chief DPP target this election has always been getting Su Chiao-hui the New Taipei seat. Shen doing well supports this goal.

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He then said that Lee Szu-chuan now only has national figures to back him and they're going to New Taipei a lot to shore up the race versus Su Chiao-hui, but he was unimpressed with the big Lee rally, the lack of energy should concern the KMT. /3

Was listening to a radio show that had a former KMT legislator (didn't get his name but the Storm Mag reporter was with him) and he said the rise of DPP's Puma Shen is extremely bad for the KMT in Kaohsiung and New Taipei even if he thinks Chiang Wan-an still wins in the end. His reasons? /1

Wrote about the unexpected shake-ups in the Taipei mayoral race with the rise of Puma Shen in my latest for @thediplomat.com thediplomat.com/2026/10/the-...

The Surprising Drama in Taipei’s 2026 Mayor Race

Few gave the DPP’s Puma Shen much of a chance in traditionally pan-Blue Taipei. But the race is proving more competitive than expected.

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Taipei election news: Apparently Chiang Wan-an's campaign now says they are okay with a debate hosted by TVBS. Puma Shen says he'll do a debate anywhere. Incumbents don't bother with debates in local elections unless they're worried about the challenger. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

蔣萬安要跟沈伯洋辯論了！只選這家親藍電視台 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

首次上稿 10-05 22:39更新時間 10-06 06:26台北市長選戰備受關注，各界敲碗藍綠2位參選人登台辯論，一較高下。台北市長蔣萬安扭扭捏捏一段時間後，終於有了進展，其競選辦公室昨（5日）晚透露，將由TVBS協調、安排辯論會，引發討論。

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Puma Shen has casually dropped he's going to be interviewed by Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) of all people on October 9th. Shen's strategy of seeking out interviews with deep blues and blues is paying off. Now everyone wants to interview him for the exposure. udn.com/vote2026/sto...

接受王偉忠、李四端專訪曝藍營愛問「這題」 沈伯洋將上趙少康節目 | 2026九合一選舉

民進黨台北市長參選人沈伯洋近日掀起「洋流」風潮，昨日競總成立，沈接受廣播專訪也談到「洋流」崛起直言有很大一部分人在他參選前都不認識他，直到他接受各媒介專訪後才認同加入，而近日輪番接受親藍媒體人專訪，他也發現很喜歡問執行面，「好像已經把我當市長」，更自曝近期將接受媒體人趙少康專訪。

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Kevin Tsai 蔡康永 who's a famous television host in Taiwan was attacked on the Chinese internet and blacklisted by a sponsoring Chinese car company after he went to yesterday's Puma Shen HQ rally. Funny thing is he's been long seen as kind of blue-ish. www.storm.mg/article/1116...

蔡康永現身沈伯洋造勢遭小粉紅出征　國民黨團聲援：應尊重我們的民主自由 | 張庭維 | 新聞

民進黨台北市長參選人沈伯洋4日舉行競選總部成立大會，知名主持人蔡康永也低調現身，掀起外界關注。不過此消息傳到中國網路後，引起大批中國網友不滿，甚至揚言抵制、怒嗆「別再來賺一分人民幣」。值得注意的是，網路上也出現「蔡康永微博已清空」的討論，日前才宣布合作的中國汽車品牌也火速聲明切割。對此，國民黨立法院黨團今（5）日表示，非常不認同這樣的抵制作法，中國應該要......

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Taipei election tidbit: The Taiwan Medical Association and Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry in a joint statement weighs in and indirectly tells off Chiang Wan-an's political drug statements regarding Puma Shen by pointing out that supporting harm reduction does not equate to encouraging drug use.

Judging from the footage it was a massive rally. If it's 120,000, it would mean Puma Shen had the biggest rally for a Taiwanese mayoral candidate since probably Han Kuo-yu in 2018 at Gangshan, Kaohsiung. news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...

洋流競總成立湧入12萬人！蔡英文壓軸現身 沈伯洋高歌成「彩蛋」 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報

民進黨籍台北市長參選人沈伯洋競選總部今天舉行成立大會，大約下午5點半左右，主持人林楚茵、吳崢宣布人潮達12萬，現場歡呼聲震耳欲聾，前總統蔡英文也驚喜現身，高分貝尖叫聲響徹北平東路，原本以為已是壓軸彩蛋，沒想到準備散場時，沈伯洋突然決定要兌現承諾唱歌，群眾趕緊又被叫回來，氣氛歡樂無比。蔡英文大約在5點29分出現在舞台大螢幕上，雖然沒有致詞，但是所到之處仍舊掀起一波又一波尖叫聲與高潮，沈伯洋站在蔡英文...

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The Taipei DPP candidate Puma Shen won't appear for another hour, but his rally crowd size is very impressive. Easily the biggest of this election for any candidate.

Taipei election: Campaign HQ rallies for both the blue and green side both start at the same time today so will be interesting to compare the turnouts.

New report says the US is going to be stationing Pentagon personnel at the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense HQ long-term. def.ltn.com.tw/article/brea...

獨家》台美軍事合作升級！ 美五角大廈將派員長駐我國防部本部 - 自由軍武頻道

台美軍事合作將有重大升級！不僅有數百名被稱為「美語老師」的美軍教官來台部隊協助訓練，美國戰爭部（國防部）即將派出官員代表，長期在我國國防部本部駐點！根據軍方高層官員透露，金額規模達到4億7千萬元預算的「台美國防部共同合作評估案」（執行期程為115至117年度），確定會升級及擴大，美國國防部決定直接派

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Other Taiwan local election tidbits: Former KMT legislator Lu Chia-chen shows up to support Su Chiao-hu at a rally.

Taiwan local election watch (Taipei): Seems that the KMT are waking up that the Taipei race needs to be shored up. Going after Puma Shen for his proposed city education policy and a 2014 article on drug management.

The focus on the Taipei mayor race is unreal, it's sucking up all the oxygen so far. I turned on channels like SET, TVBS, CTi and it's mostly Puma Shen flooding these channels. It's almost reminiscent of the Han Kuo-yu hype back in 2018 and Ko Wen-je to a lesser extent in 2014.

Taiwan polls: New 戴立安 poll on President Lai shows him exceeding 50% trust for the first time since last April. Tsai had 25% approval going into her first term local election so this is probably good in the sense that Lai won't drag down the DPP candidates. /1