As Taiwan warms up for the year-end local government head elections, DPP New Taipei mayoral candidate Su Chiao-hui is expanding her voter base through hometown ties and personal networks — a positive development for her campaign.

• Su Chiao-hui has established a Chiayi hometown support group in New Taipei, seeking backing from Chiayi natives who have settled in the city.
• Chiayi County Magistrate Weng Chang-liang and Chiayi County magistrate candidate Tsai Yi-yu attended to show their support, describing her as one of the most capable candidates among the DPP's middle generation.
• On the morning of the same day, she also jointly launched a Taipei-New Taipei lawyers' support group with Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen, which drew jokes that it was an alumni association given that most participants were National Taiwan University law graduates.
• Su Chiao-hui stressed that they are classmates and partners in the same profession, noting that she and Tsai Yi-yu had once worked at the same law firm.
• The appearance of multiple candidates together at the rally has been read by outside observers as an attempt to carry the "mother hen" momentum beyond New Taipei to other cities and counties.

Outlook: Green camp candidates across cities and counties are expected to continue appearing at each other's events and linking up hometown and professional association voter bases, with campaign mobilisation growing steadily stronger.