Yen Kuan-heng

Yen Kuan-heng helped run his father's first legislative campaign in 2001,[1] and worked as the elder Yen's legislative assistant.[2] Yen Ching-piao was sentenced to prison in November 2012 and expelled from the Legislative Yuan, necessitating a by-election for Taichung 2.[3][4] Chen Shih-kai was named the Democratic Progressive Party candidate days before the Kuomintang announced its support of Yen Kuan-heng.[5][6] The by-election was held on 26 January 2013, with Yen winning by 1,138 votes.[7][8] The Kuomintang nominated Yen for a second term over fellow party member Chi Kuo-tung in the 2016 legislative elections, and Yen won again.[9] In March 2016, Yen joined the Parliamentary Transparency Alliance, a smaller group of Kuomintang legislators within the Ninth Legislative Yuan.[10] Yen narrowly lost reelection to Taiwan Statebuilding Party candidate Chen Po-wei in 2020.[11] Following a successful bid to recall Chen from office in October 2021, a by-election was scheduled for 9 January 2022.[12] The Kuomintang formally nominated Yen as its candidate for the by-election on 9 November 2021.[13]