Overview
- Jang captured 50.27% to Kim Moon-soo’s 49.73%, prevailing by 2,367 votes in the national convention runoff.
- In a victory speech, he pledged to “bring down the Lee Jae Myung administration,” highlighting his hard-line stance.
- Both runoff finalists opposed Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment after Ahn Cheol-soo and Cho Kyoung-tae, who supported it, were eliminated earlier.
- The party remains riven by fallout from Yoon’s failed martial law bid and its June presidential election defeat.
- Realtmeter puts the DP at 45.8% support versus 35.5% for the PPP as Jang takes the helm ahead of next year’s local elections.