Legislative career Chai Trong-rong
despite fact chai endorsed renowned pharmacologist chen-yuan lee, lost dpp chairmanship election in 1996. however, resignation of su tseng-chang dpp chairperson in 2005 led chai s decision run again. first in party register candidacy.
chai 1 of 3 candidates registered. endorsed vice president annette lu , foreign minister mark chen. election held in january 2006. former secretary-general of presidential office yu shyi-kun won on 54% of votes while chai received 36%.
in 2008, after defeat of frank hsieh in presidential election, dpp candidate hsieh resigned chairman , announced date chairmanship election. chai declared candidacy on april 14.
although dpp passed resolution ban factions within party in 2006, dissent between former members of different factions still present , thought 1 of factors led dpp s loss in presidential election. chai, along koo kwang-ming emphasized importance of consolidating party s policy on independence, while tsai ing-wen focused on cooperation of former factions , expansion of party s support base.
chai supported tainan city mayor hsu tain-tsair, decided withdraw race in may , gave support candidate koo kwang-ming. however, late officially withdraw election, , chai received 5 percent of votes.
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