Min Hyung-bae secured the Democratic Party nomination in April after prevailing in the party primary and formally registered as its candidate for the June 3 election of the inaugural Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special Mayor. The region’s longstanding Democratic stronghold status, combined with the party’s unified backing and Min’s background as a two-term lawmaker, has produced the current trader consensus reflected in the overwhelming probability assigned to his victory. Lee Jung-hyun, nominated by the People Power Party in late April, has focused his campaign on breaking one-party dominance and economic pledges such as low-cost industrial power. With voting just weeks away, late developments including turnout shifts among younger voters or any unforeseen campaign events remain the primary variables that could still alter the outcome.