Taiwan's Changhua county election is turning into a headache for the KMT, whose candidate still has no one willing to lead his campaign 95 days before the vote.

• Wei Ping-cheng will formally register on September 3, ending months of rumors the party would swap him out.
• He still has no campaign chairman after sitting county chief Wang Hui-mei turned down the job.
• Wang left for a 10-day trip to Italy and returns the day before registration, so whether she shows up is now a loyalty test.
• Rival Chen Su-yueh already has her full campaign team in place, and independent-minded Chiu Chien-fu is using a 10-person committee instead of a single chairman.

Outlook: Watch September 3 — if Wang stays away from the registration, the KMT's internal split in Changhua becomes public.