Gelsenkirchen Rejects AfD Bid as Henze Wins Mayoral Runoff with Two-Thirds Majority
Social Democrat Andrea Henze has been elected as the new mayor of Gelsenkirchen, defeating AfD candidate Norbert Emmerich in Sunday's runoff election. The 49-year-old SPD politician secured 66.9 percent of the vote compared to Emmerich's 33.1 percent, according to final results. Henze succeeds longtime SPD mayor Karin Welge, who did not seek reelection after completing her term.
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Voters across North Rhine-Westphalia returned to the polls on September 28 for runoff elections to determine municipal leadership positions throughout Germany's most populous state. The second round of voting became necessary after no candidate secured an absolute majority in the initial September 14 municipal elections. In this decisive round, candidates only need a simple majority to...
