Candidates of Alternative für Deutschland continue to win high political office in East Germany. First, it was Robert Sesselmann, who won the office of Landrat in Sonneberg, Thuringia. A week later Hannes Loth was elected to mayor of the small town of Raguhn-Jeßnitz in Sachsen-Anhalt. Now it is Jörg Prophet who is poised to become head mayor in Thuringian Nordhausen. In the Sunday election, he won over 42% of the vote, landing him well ahead of the unaffiliated incumbent Kai Buchmann, at just 23.7%, as well as the SPD and CDU candidates, who received 18.6% and 11.2% respectively. The Green candidate came in last, with just 1.4% percent, or – by my calculations – less than 350 actual votes. Please, can we have a brief pause to laugh at them. In two weeks, Prophet and Buchmann will compete in a runoff, and there’s every reason to believe Prophet will win.
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