{"id":255319,"date":"2026-04-03T23:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/03\/2026-local-elections-key-candidates-changnyeong\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:45:47","slug":"2026-local-elections-key-candidates-changnyeong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/politics\/2026\/04\/03\/2026-local-elections-key-candidates-changnyeong\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Local Elections: Key Candidates for Changnyeong and Goseong from the Democratic Party Revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2022-0006\/image-b065c5d4-9a67-49eb-81ab-8fbdbf97d3cc.jpeg\" alt=\"&nbsp;News1 DB\" \/><figcaption>&nbsp;News1 DB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Democratic Party\u2019s Gyeongnam Provincial Committee has awarded sole nominations for the county mayor races in Changnyeong and Goseong.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s Candidate Management Committee announced on April 3 that it selected Park Tae-seung, CEO of Taewon Civil Engineering Design Office (53), as the Changnyeong county mayor candidate, and Baek Su-myeong, former Gyeongnam provincial assemblyman (59), as the Goseong county mayor candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the committee had already given sole nominations to former Gyeongnam Governor Kim Kyung-soo (58) for governor; former Tongyeong Mayor Kang Seok-ju (61) for mayor of Tongyeong; incumbent Geoje Mayor Byun Gwang-yong (60) for mayor of Geoje; Choi Chang-yeol, former head of the Geochang Livestock Cooperative (60), for Geochang county mayor; Choi Ho-rim, Sancheong county councilor (57), for Sancheong county mayor; Je Yoon-kyung, former lawmaker (54), for Hadong county mayor; and Jung Geum-hyo, Haman county councilor (64), for Haman county mayor.<\/p>\n<p>The Gyeongnam committee will hold primaries on April 4\u20135 to choose candidates for seven municipal posts \u2014 Changwon, Gimhae, Jinju, Sacheon, Miryang, Namhae and Hamyang \u2014 and plans to finalize those nominees on April 6. 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