A nomination fight inside Taiwan's KMT is turning personal, and it is bad news for the party's unity in central Taiwan less than three months before local elections.

• Changhua county chief Wang Hui-mei broke her silence about how the party picked its candidate, breaking down in tears as she laid out her complaints.
• Her rift with KMT chair Cheng Li-wun risks dragging down the party's momentum across the Taichung-Changhua-Nantou belt.
• Chiang Chi-chen, the KMT's candidate for Taichung mayor and deputy speaker of the legislature, refused to comment when asked about the feud.
• His silence is being read as a sign the party has no easy way to patch things up before voting.

Outlook: Expect party leaders to push for a public reconciliation soon, because an open split in central Taiwan would cost the KMT seats it counts on.