A local KMT dispute in Taiwan's Changhua County is stalling the campaign launch of county magistrate candidate Wei Ping-cheng, a bad sign for party unity ahead of the vote.

• Changhua magistrate Wang Hui-mei has refused to head Wei Ping-cheng's campaign headquarters, leaving the top job empty days before his launch.
• The county party chief says there is no backup candidate for the role and they will keep waiting for her.
• Wang is nicknamed the "undefeated queen" after winning every race she has run, and a loss by Wei would dent that record.
• Local figures want council speaker Hsieh Tien-lin, the county's other power broker, to take the post instead, pointing to a former speaker who chaired a presidential campaign in Changhua in 2008.
• KMT chair Cheng Li-wen visited Changhua and declined to discuss the race, though the trip was read as an attempt to patch up local divisions.

Outlook: Wei registers his candidacy this week and opens his campaign headquarters days later, so the party has little time to fill the chair job or show a united front.