German Far-Right Narrowly Held Back in State Election
Germany's Social Democrats won in the eastern state of Brandenburg, pushing out the far-right AfD in a tightly contested race.
Scholz's Social Democrats fend off far-right in German state vote, early results suggest
The SPD, which has governed the state surrounding the capital Berlin since reunification in 1990, scored 30.9% of the vote, ahead of the far-right Alternative for Germany on 29.2%, according to provisional official results.
German voters narrowly fend off far-right in state elections
Germany's Social Democrats have pulled off a narrow election win over the far-right in the eastern state of Brandenburg. Polls had the far-right Alternative for Germany ahead, but in a record turnout,
Far-right AfD eyes new win in east German state vote
German voters head to regional elections on Sunday in a formerly communist eastern state where the far-right AfD party is narrowly ahead in the polls. In the state election in Brandenburg, the AfD hopes to replicate the strong gains it made in the east three weeks ago when it won a parliamentary vote in Thuringia and came a close second in Saxony.
Germany's far-right AfD on track for another state election win
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Polls opened on Sunday in the German state of Brandenburg, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is projected to finish first, aiming to build on recent successes in other eastern states and surpass Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in this traditional stronghold.
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