 Remarks gained national attention, as various opinion polls ; he took the top two presidential candidates.Conducted in March to April 2017 Double Moon Jae-in in the 19th presidential election race a week, fishermen, for Ahn Hee-jung, a 21.2 percent and suffered a setback in third place.The candidate for the governor of Gyeonggi-do Province in the 7th local elections topped various polls.On March 15, 2018, he resigned as mayor of Seongnam to register as a preliminary candidate for Gyeonggi Province governor, and officially announced his candidacy for Gyeonggi Province governor on March 27, at the National Assembly's main hall.