In Nordhausen, Thuringia, a neck-and-neck race between the incumbent and the AfD candidate is emerging in the mayoral election after more than half of the voting districts have been counted. The AfD politician Jörg Prophet was after counting 31 of 42 voting districts on Sunday evening exactly equal with the previous mayor Kai Buchmann (impartial). This was announced by the election office. Prophet was considered the favorite in advance because he had received significantly more votes than Buchmann in the first round of voting.
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