Wang was popular in the 1990s for his clean reputation and, in 1993, split with the
Kuomintang to help found the
New Party. He and
Jaw Shaw-kong won the most votes in the
1992 Taiwanese legislative election. In 1998, Wang joined the election for the Mayor of Taipei under
New Party. However, he lost to
Ma Ying-jeou of the
Kuomintang. In 2001, the three parties of the
pan-Blue coalition, the
Kuomintang, the
People First Party, and the New Party agreed to field only one candidate for
Taipei County magistrate in 2001. Wang led
Lin Chih-chia in a poll, and was selected for the unified ticket, then lost the election to
Su Tseng-chang. In July 2008 Wang was nominated by President Ma and approved by the
Legislative Yuan to become the President of the
Control Yuan. Wang left office on July 31, 2014. On March 8, 2023, Wang announced his candidacy for the
2024 presidential election as an independent, pledging
cross-strait reunification by 2025. ==Personal life==