Ube Mayor's election, Mr. Hayashi's aide who aims to change the house in Yamaguchi 3rd district is elected for the first time

The Ube mayoral election in Yamaguchi Prefecture was voted in on The 22nd, and keiji Shinozaki, 39, a new face in the previous prefectural assembly, was elected for the first time after beating former city policy and public relations director and new face Tosako Mogaki, 49. Ube City has the largest population in yamaguchi 3 wards of the Lower House, and Councilor Yoshimasa Hayashi (59) of the Kishida faction who is seeking to replace him with the 3rd district in the next House of Representatives election fully supported Mr. Shinozaki, a former public secretary.

The mayoral election is due to the resignation of former Mayor Empress Kubota in the middle of her term due to ill health.

Mr. Shinozaki served as Hayashi's public secretary for seven years and was first elected to the prefectural assembly in 2014. He served until the middle of his third term as a prefectural assembly member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Local city councils supporting Mr. Hayashi positioned the mayoral election as a "prelude to the Lower House election" and aimed to create a foothold in the replacement. Mr. Shinozaki and Mr. Hayashi, who was a long-time man, said on the night of The 22nd, when he was certain to be elected, "I have received a lot of expectations. I want them to work urban development.

　The main supporter of Takeo Kawamura, 78, the incumbent and second-floor member of the Yamaguchi 3rd District of the House of Representatives, turned to mr. Mozaki's support to appeal for the former mayor to inherit the line, but Mr. Kawamura himself did not support Mr. Nougataki because the LDP recommended Mr. Shinozaki.

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