広島知事に湯崎氏４選　新人２氏破る

　任期満了に伴う広島県知事選は１４日投開票され、無所属現職の湯崎英彦氏（５６）が、共産党公認で党県委員会常任委員の中村孝江氏（３５）、無所属で金属リサイクル業の樽谷昌年氏（７０）の新人２人を破り、４選を果たした。投票率は３４．６７％で、前回（３１．０９％）を上回った。
　湯崎氏は、新型コロナウイルス対策をはじめ３期１２年の実績やデジタル化を通じた経済社会活動の回復などを訴え、支持を集めた。中村氏はジェンダー平等などを掲げ、樽谷氏は河井克行元法相夫妻による選挙買収事件に関し県民に意見を問うと主張したが、いずれも及ばなかった。（2021/11/14-23:54）

Incumbent Hiroshima Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki, 56, won his fourth term in office in a gubernatorial election in the western Japan prefecture on Sunday.
   Yuzaki, an independent, beat two rookies--Takae Nakamura, 35, an official of the Hiroshima prefectural committee of the Japanese Communist Party who was backed by the party, and Masatoshi Tarutani, 70, an independent who is engaged in a metal recycling business.
   Voter turnout stood at 34.67 pct, up from 31.09 pct in the previous gubernatorial election.
   Yuzaki drew support by highlighting achievements he made during the three terms as governor and calling for a recovery in economic and social activities through the promotion of digitalization.
   The number of votes won by Yuzaki stood at 707,371, by Nakamura at 65,212 and by Tarutani at 17,600.