Kadima Chairwoman Tzipi Livni officially announced that elections for the new party chair will be held at the end of the Knesset's winter session, on March 27. The decision's timing is said to be connected to Yair Lapid and Noam Shait's recent decision to enter politics. Livni said she will seek reelection adding she was confident that she will win. Livni will be facing MK Shaul Mofaz, who has declared on several occasions that he will seek the party's chairmanship. Mofaz has a growing support base within the party, and is reportedly already campaigning for the position.