In the election, she took home seventy seven percent of all votes evidence of the enduring respect she has won in a long political career.
半年後當選嘉義市參議員，開始步上她漫長的政治生涯，當時她三十七歲。接著，她參加第二屆省議員的競選，一舉成功，從此聲譽直升，連任了四屆省議員。