Incumbent Lawmakers Resign Today to Run in Local Elections

Incumbent lawmakers will step down from their seats today, the 29th, to run in the local elections.

Eight members of the Democratic Party will join the ranks of resignees: Choo Mi-ae (candidate for Gyeonggi Governor), Park Chan-dae (candidate for Incheon Mayor), Jeon Jae-soo (candidate for Busan Mayor), Min Hyung-bae (candidate for Gwangju-Jeonnam Special Mayor), Wi Seong-gon (candidate for Jeju Mayor), Park Soo-hyun (candidate for Chungnam Governor), Lee Won-taek (candidate for Jeonbuk Governor), and Kim Sang-wook (candidate for Ulsan Mayor). Rep. Choo Kyung-ho of the People Power Party, a candidate for Daegu Mayor, also resigned today and is scheduled to register as a preliminary candidate with the election committee on the 30th.

If incumbent lawmakers resign their seats by May 30th, by-elections for their constituencies will be held concurrently with the local elections on June 3rd. If they resign after June 1st, the by-elections will take place a year later, next year.

The Democratic Party has strategically nominated Lee Gwang-jae, former Governor of Gangwon Province, for Choo Mi-ae's constituency in Hanam-gap, Gyeonggi Province; former party leader Song Young-gil for Park Chan-dae's constituency in Yeonsu-gap, Incheon; and Ha Jung-woo, former Senior Secretary for AI in the Presidential Office, for Jeon Jae-soo's constituency in Buk-gu-gap, Busan.