安芸高田、三原市長に３０代新人　現金受領で前市長辞職―広島

　昨年７月の参院選をめぐる公職選挙法違反事件で、前法相の河井克行被告から現金を受け取ったとして前市長が辞職したことに伴う広島県安芸高田市長選が９日投開票され、いずれも無所属新人で元銀行員の石丸伸二氏（３７）が、元副市長の竹本峰昭氏（６６）を破り、初当選を果たした。投票率は５６．９８％。
　石丸氏は、コンプライアンス（法令順守）意識向上による不祥事撲滅などを掲げて支持を集めた。竹本氏は、行政経験の豊富さをアピールし、市政の立て直しを訴えたが及ばなかった。
　同じく河井被告からの現金受領で前市長が辞職したことに伴う同県三原市長選も９日投開票され、いずれも無所属新人で、一般社団法人代表理事の岡田吉弘氏（３５）＝自民推薦＝が、元市議の荒井静彦氏（６８）、元市消防職員の角広寛氏（６１）、会社社長の藤岡輝久氏（５０）の３人を破り、初当選した。投票率は４８．３９％。（2020/08/10-00:01）

New mayors were elected in two cities in Hiroshima Prefecture on Sunday following the predecessors' resignations for their receipts of cash from disgraced Japanese lawmaker Katsuyuki Kawai over the national election campaign of his wife, Anri.
   Former banker Shinji Ishimaru, 37, won his first term as mayor of the city of Akitakata in the western Japan prefecture, beating his sole contender, Mineaki Takemoto, 66, former deputy mayor of the city. Voter turnout stood at 56.98 pct.
   Ishimaru's pledge to prevent scandals by improving compliance won him voter support. Takemoto vowed to rebuild the city government by demonstrating his long administrative experience, but was unable to catch up with the winning contender.
   In the city of Mihara, Yoshihiro Okada, 35, head of an organization, was elected its mayor for the first time.
   Okada, who was supported by the country's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the poll, defeated former Mihara municipal assembly member Shizuhiko Arai, 68, former Mihara fire department employee Yutaka Sumihiro, 61, and company president Teruhisa Fujioka, 50. Voter turnout came to 48.39 pct.