Trying to seize the nine-month job of replacement Taoyuan County magistrate, at the Chinese New Year the KMT's Fang Li-hsiu (mayor of Chungli), the DPP's Lu Hsiu-lien (a National Policy Advisor), and the NP's Lai Lai-kun (a legislator) engaged in a frenzied battle.
為了爭奪九個月任期的桃園縣補選縣長寶座，國民黨的現任中壢市長方力修、民進黨的欽點國策顧問呂秀蓮、新黨的立法委員賴來焜，在農曆春節過後陷入激烈的選戰。