AfD secures first mayoral victory in German state of Brandenburg

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2026-05-10

Berlin (dpa) - A candidate from the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been elected mayor of a town in the eastern state of Brandenburg for the first time. In a repeat election in the town of Zehdenick, north of Berlin, René Stadtkewitz won 58.4% of the vote on Sunday. Stadtkewitz is the first directly elected full-time AfD mayor in Brandenburg, a sparsely populated state that surrounds the German capital. The state has previously......

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