After winning the district council election in the Thuringian district of Sonneberg, the AfD has gained another victory. For the first time in Germany, it has a directly elected full-time mayor. Hannes Loth, 42, won the run-off election in the Saxony-Anhalt town of Raguhn-Jeßnitz.
Voters in the unified municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld today elected Loth as head of the town with 51.1 per cent of the vote. His opponent, Nils Naumann of the Pro8 electoral group, received 48.9 per cent. This is according to the final results published by the city.
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