Taiwan Leader Tsai Gets Party Nod to Run for Reelection

Taiwan leader Tsai has won a ruling party primary, setting up a likely run for re-election in January. The Democratic Progressive Party announced the primary results on June 13, 2019. Wally Santana/AP

TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, a thorn in the side of the Chinese regime because of her pro-independence views, sewed up the ruling party’s nomination on June 13 to seek a second four-year term after a tense primary race.

She outperformed her opponent in three days of opinion polling, setting herself up to be named as the Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate in the January 2020 election.