Editing James Soong (section)

=== 2020 presidential election ===
Soong contested the [[2020 Taiwanese presidential election|2020 presidential election]], beginning his campaign on 13 November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Cheng-chung |last2=Huang |first2=Frances |title=James Soong announces presidential bid (update) |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201911130013.aspx |access-date=13 November 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=13 November 2019}}</ref> He had promised that this campaign would be his last attempt for the presidency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/james-soong-the-end-of-an-authoritarian-era-in-taiwan/|title = James Soong: The End of an (Authoritarian) Era in Taiwan  | publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] | author=James Baron | date=January 15, 2020 | access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> Soong and Sandra Yu formed the People First Party ticket.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Yun |last2=Hsiao |first2=Sherry |title=James Soong joins presidential race |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/11/14/2003725803 |access-date=17 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 November 2019}}</ref> The pair registered their candidacy with the [[Central Election Commission (Taiwan)|Central Election Commission]] on 18 November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shan |first1=Shelley |title=2020 Elections: PFP's Soong registers for election |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/11/19/2003726119 |access-date=19 November 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 November 2019}}</ref> Soong and Yu finished third in the presidential election, with 4.2% of the vote.<ref name="2020 election">{{cite news |last1=Maxon |first1=Ann |title=2020 Elections: Han Kuo-yu concedes race as KMT leadership resigns |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/01/12/2003729110 |access-date=12 January 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=12 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Chun-hui |last2=Shih |first2=Hsiao-kuang |last3=Lin |first3=Liang-sheng |title=2020 Elections: Tsai wins by a landslide |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/01/12/2003729107 |access-date=12 January 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=12 January 2020}}</ref>