Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian served as chair of Lu Hsiu-lien's campaign. DPP chairman Hsu Hsin-liang, himself a former Taoyuan County magistrate, worked Taoyuan personally, reviving memories of the Taoyuan County magistrate race of two decades ago by repeating his confrontation with Wu Po-hsiung.
民進黨這邊，則由黨中央各部副主任成立特別輔選小組，還請來台北市長陳水扁擔任呂秀蓮的競選總幹事；民進黨主席、曾任桃園縣長的許信良也到桃園親自操盤，重現了二十年前縣長選戰一役，與吳伯雄對壘的局面。