Ender emerges victorious over AfD nominees.

Petra Enders, a non-party district administrative official, secured her position as head of Ilm district with 65.6% of the votes in the recent run-off election. She defeated her rival from the AfD, Ralf Gohritz, who came in second place. The election results are obtained from the state election...

, and Elizabeth Wells

2024 June 10 . 5:55 AM

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Polling sessions - Ender emerges victorious over AfD nominees.

In a recent vote, Gohritz received an impressive 34.4% of the ballots. However, just two weeks earlier, four-time Olympic champion André Lange was trailing in third place with 22.8% of the votes. He had the support of the Free Voters, FDP, and CDU.

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