Mayor's Election: Partyless Candidate Wins in Frankfurt (Oder) Against Afd
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The candidates of the AfD were trumped by a party-lose in the mayorial elections in Frank-furt (Oder), in Eisenhüttenstadt by a social democrat and in Wriezen by a Christian democrat.
The non-party candidate Axel Strasser becomes mayor of Frankfurt (Oder). In Ludwigshafen CDU candidate Klaus Blettner wins the final election for office.
On Sunday, citizens elected new mayors in three important cities in Brandenburg, opting for personalities instead of parties.
In Frankfurt (Oder), the non-partisan Axel Strasser clearly won the final election for the mayor's office. He clearly prevailed against Wilko Möller and thus prevented an AfD candidate from becoming mayor for the first time. In Potsdam, the SPD loses its head post in the town hall after 35 years.


In the first round they were close together, now the party-loser Axel Strasser has prevailed against the AfD candidate: He will rule Frankfurt (Oder) in the future.
In Brandenburg, new mayors were elected in runoff elections in seven cities on Sunday. The AfD ran in three cities and lost in all. In Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt (Oder), and Wriezen, AfD candidates made it to the second round. "Our candidates achieved solid results in the ballot box vote—but in some cases, their vote share plummeted dramatically in the postal vote. This strengthens our call: Postal voting must be abolished," said AfD state lead…
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