Voters on Sunday rejected the candidate for the hard-line Alternative for Germany Party, which is rattling German national politics, in the race for mayor in the city of Nordhausen.
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The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday lost a tight mayoral race where the party had been tipped to secure the office of city mayor for the first time. The AfD's candidate Joerg Prophet was defeated by independent incumbent Kai Buchmann in a run-off vote that put the spotlight on the city of Nordhausen in the former East German state of Thuringia.The prospect of a win for the far-right party was described as a "catastrophe" by the keepers of a nearby concentration camp memorial ah
The candidate for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany fared far better than his rivals in the first round mayoral vote in Nordhausen. However, he must win a runoff against the incumbent to secure the post.