President Ma Ying-jeou who is to run for chairmanship of ruling Kuomintang (KMT) has solicited sponsors among party members enough and to spare for his candidacy. A worker for Ma's campaign said Sunday that more than 30,000 party members had signed to endorse Ma's candidacy thus far, almost two times more than what is needed. According to the KMT chapter, whoever wants to run for party chairmanship should seek endorsement by 3 percent of the party members which stands at 503,184. Ma who picked up registration forms for candidacy June 16 is the only one who bids to run and is considered a shoo-in in the election which is slated for July 26. 