Kim Min-seok Secures Two Consecutive Wins in Gangwon and TK in 2nd Week... Cumulative Turnout Remains Neck-and-Neck

In the second-week regional primaries of the Democratic Party national convention, party leadership candidate Kim Min-seok secured consecutive victories against candidate Chung Chung-rae in Gangwon, Daegu, and North Gyeongsang, following his prior wins in Jeju and Incheon.

After receiving 22,537 votes to surpass candidate Chung, who garnered 19,862 votes in the Jeju and Incheon voting results, candidate Kim also pulled ahead of candidate Chung by 1,622 votes yesterday (August 9) in Gangwon, Daegu, and North Gyeongsang.

Candidate Song Young-gil placed third in all regions.

As candidates Kim and Chung engage in a neck-and-neck race with a cumulative voter turnout difference of just 1.48 percentage points, the Honam regional primary on August 15, which accounts for 30 percent of ordinary party members, and the Seoul and Gyeonggi regional voting results to be announced on August 16 are expected to determine the final outcome.

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