Now they will be watching to see if they are kept. Election fever began even before candidate registration started on 26 October. Factions fought fiercely for all the parties 'nominations; once these were made, each of the major parties unveiled its campaign strategy and hunkered down for the electoral battle.
八十六年的縣市長選舉早在十月二十六日候選人開始登記之前，就已熱熱鬧鬧開鑼，各派人馬激烈爭取黨內提名，直到提名底定，各大黨馬上端出競選策略準備全力一搏，選戰瞬間白熱化地展開。