岡山知事に伊原木氏３選　共産系新人大差で破る

　任期満了に伴う岡山県知事選は２５日投開票され、無所属現職の伊原木隆太氏（５４）＝自民、立憲民主、公明推薦＝が、無所属新人で元県議の森脇久紀氏（５７）＝共産推薦＝を破り、３選を果たした。投票率は３３．６８％で、過去最低を更新した。
　伊原木氏は、日本維新の会の県組織「岡山維新の会」の推薦も得て、組織票を固めた。新型コロナウイルス対策や２０１８年７月の西日本豪雨からの復興・復旧をはじめ２期８年の実績をアピールし、幅広い支持を集めた。
　森脇氏は、医療・福祉施策に重点を置き、新型コロナの検査拡充などを訴えたが、及ばなかった。（2020/10/25-23:46）

Incumbent Okayama Governor Ryuta Ibaragi, 54, won his third term in office in a gubernatorial election in the western Japan prefecture on Sunday.
   Ibaragi, an independent backed by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito and also by the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, beat Hisaki Moriwaki, 57, an independent rookie who has served as a member of the Okayama prefectural assembly and was backed by the Japanese Communist Party.
   Voter turnout stood at 33.68 pct, an all-time low.
   Ibaragi drew support from a wide spectrum of voters during his campaign by highlighting achievements he made during the two terms as governor, including those in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to rebuild the prefecture from the devastation of the July 2018 heavy rain disaster.