The race for the post of Lord Mayor in Aue-Bad Schlema (Erzgebirgskreis) is nearing its final decision. On Sunday, residents will be called to the ballot box once again after no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes in the first round of voting. It will now be a duel between CDU candidate Marcus Hoffmann and the candidate of the far-right "Free Saxons", Stefan Hartung. The other candidates are not standing again.
In the first round on 10 May, Hartung came out on top with 29.0 percent and also overtook the AfD candidate on the right, who managed 18.5 percent. If he succeeds in winning over these voters in the second round, he will be very close to the 50 percent mark. Hartung also belongs to the party "Die Heimat" - formerly the NPD.
CDU man Hoffmann came second in the first round of voting with 23.6 percent.
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