ER Editor: A reminder that Brandenburg is east of Berlin, which is in the far east of Germany. The AfD originated in the eastern (former Communist) part of the country, although it has been making electoral strides in the west, too. Some tweets —
Translation: Congratulations to René Stadtkewitz, to whom 58.4% of the citizens of Zehdenick gave their vote yesterday. The local entrenchment of the AfD is growing! rbb24.de/politik/wahl/b
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an René Stadtkewitz, dem 58,4% der Bürger Zehdenicks gestern ihre Stimme gaben. Die kommunale Verankerung der AfD wächst! https://t.co/ysWok7d4WZ pic.twitter.com/l78vmpzCa1
— Alice Weidel (@Alice_Weidel) May 11, 2026
Translation: Zehdenick or: The Political Turning Point Begins in the East What a resounding landslide victory that can be called the start of a new era in politics: On Sunday, May 10, 2026, AfD candidate and experienced politician René Stadtkewitz clearly won the mayoral election in Zehdenick (Oberhavel district, Brandenburg). He received 58.4% of the votes in the first round and didn’t need a runoff.
Zehdenick oder: Die Politikwende beginnt im Osten🚨
👉Was für ein fulminanter Erdrutschsieg, der als Beginn einer neuen Politik-Ära bezeichnet werden kann: Am Sonntag, dem 10. Mai 2026, hat der AfD-Kandidat und erfahrende Politiker René Stadtkewitz die Bürgermeisterwahl in…
— Marie (@kripp_m) May 11, 2026
Translation: OK, #Zehdenick in Brandenburg is no metropolis, but a small town with 13,000 inhabitants. And yet something interesting happened here: AfD man René Stadtkewitz won the mayoral election with over 58% in the first round. This meant that the well-rehearsed concept “In the second round, the fans of all the other parties simply vote against the AfD candidate, and then it’s done” didn’t work for the first time.
OK, #Zehdenick in Brandenburg ist keine Metropole, sondern eine Kleinstadt mit 13.000 Einwohnern. Und dennoch ist hier etwas Interessantes passiert: AfD-Mann René Stadtkewitz hat die Bürgermeisterwahl mit über 58% im ersten Wahlgang gewonnen. Damit ging das eingespielte Konzept… pic.twitter.com/40cNsaA7qM
— Peter Borbe (@PeterBorbe) May 10, 2026
This is the fourth mayoral win for the AfD according to Chatgpt.
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Mayoral election: AfD victory in Zehdenick, Brandenburg
RT DEUTSCH
The AfD has achieved a significant victory in the small town of Zehdenick: its candidate, René Stadtkewitz, prevailed in the mayoral election on Sunday. The party speaks of a foretaste of future successes.
The AfD’s successes in mayoral and district council elections are still few and far between, even in its electoral strongholds in the East. Although the residents of the small Thuringian town of Moxa elected Johannes Linke, then 27, as mayor in 2023, 2023 was also the year in which AfD politician Robert Sesselmann became district administrator of the Sonneberg district. This also happened in Thuringia and caused a great national and international stir.
This was offset by AfD defeats in mayoral elections such as the 2022 mayoral election in the Saxon state capital Dresden and the district election in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg in February 2026. This makes the success of AfD politician René Stadtkewitz in the Brandenburg town of Zehdenick, with a population of 13,000, in the Overhavel district all the more significant.
Stadtkewitz, who originally comes from the CDU and has only been a member of the AfD since 2024, showed perseverance: In a runoff election in March 2025, he was defeated by his independent competitor Alexander Kretzschmar. After Kretzschmar’s new elections became necessary due to illness, Stadtkewitz won with 58.4 percent of the vote and will become the full-time mayor of Zehdenick. Stadtkewitz is thus the first mayor with an AfD party membership card in the state of Brandenburg. The AfD man is familiar with politics: from 2001 to 2011 he was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives.
The victory was clear: FDP candidate Stephan von Hundelshausen achieved only 28.6 percent. The independent individual candidate Wolf-Gernot Richardt remained far behind with 7.8 percent and Dennis Latzke (Party of Progress) with 5.2 percent. 11,254 Zehdenickers were eligible to vote, and voter turnout was 52.8 percent.
René Stadtkewitz was pleased with his success to the press:
“I already thought it might work out not to have the runoff. I have always spoken of people’s support. You can feel that.”
He is pleased with the trust placed in him. From now on the work begins. Stadtkewitz found the relatively low voter turnout to be a disappointment. He justified it with the last mayoral election in 2025. People would have lost faith in politics. This now needs to be regained.
FDP candidate Stephan von Hundelshausen congratulated the election winner, but did not refrain from taking a swipe at the CDU:
“Of course, 28 percent is not what I wanted to dream of, expect and fight for. But the head stays up. Otherwise, I congratulate Mr Stadtkewitz. For everything else, I would like a good trip. This is a leap into the unknown. But I would also like to congratulate the CDU. This is now the CDU’s preferred mayor.”
The FDP Brandenburg spoke in a Press release from a tough election campaign that was also conducted below the belt on social media. However, FDP state chairman Zyon Braun did not name any specific allegations. The city had an offer from the middle of society at its disposal, but the protest prevailed.
Dennis Latzke, who was also defeated, even saw the Zehndenick mayoral election as an “election of historical nature” that set a precedent for the entire state of Brandenburg. He could only appeal to the other parties to become more present now.
René Springer, the AfD state chairman of Brandenburg, was highly satisfied with the outcome of the election: With a absolute majority in the first round, the citizens of Zehdenick had sent an unmistakable signal, wrote The Bundestag member on the X. Zehdenick platform is “a foretaste of what is to come in Brandenburg: more and more mayors and district administrators from the AfD.”
Source
Featured image source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49549670
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