Landrat election 2025: Who are the challengers in the district of Kaiserslautern?

Landrat election 2025: Who are the challengers in the district of Kaiserslautern?

In the AfD district association, the preparations for the upcoming district elections are in full swing. On Wednesday, the party wants to decide whether to set up a candidate for the election on May 18, 2025. So far, however, nobody has explained his candidacy. A party member emphasized the need for the AfD to create an investment offer for voters to gain support, reports Donnersbergkreis, incumbent Rainer Guth, independent and supported by the FWG and CDU, will compete again. The SPD sends Jaqueline Rauschkolb, who is known as district chair and member of the state parliament, into the race. Another candidate is Alexander Raab, also independent and as an administrative assistant. This information comes from a report by swr .

candidates and election data of the district elections

The elections in Donnersbergkreis, Kusel and the Southwest Palatinate district are scheduled for February 23, 2025, at the same time as the Bundestag election. In the Southwest Palatinate, incumbent Susanne Ganster (CDU) will run for another term, while Peter Spitzer will be challengers on the SPD page.

In the district of Kusel, incumbent Otto Rudbly (CDU) must withdraw due to age. Five candidates are ready to take over his office: Johannes Huber (CDU), Jürgen Conrad (SPD), Alejandra Catalina Monzon (AfD), Helge Schwab (Freie Voter) and Thomas Danneck from the "Vote for the district of Kusel". All candidates have already been approved by the election committees.

For the district of Kaiserslautern, the election date is set to May 18, 2025. Here incumbent Ralf Leßmeister (CDU) will compete again, while the SPD goes into the race with Thorsten Haferanke, according to the report by SWR .

elections in the Rhine-Palatinate district

Another important election day is in the Rhein-Palatinate district, where the elections are also scheduled for February 23. Around 130,000 citizens are called for election here. The five candidates include Volker Knörr (CDU), Bianca Staßen (SPD), Joachim Paul (AfD), Maurice Kuhn (Greens) and Ralf Marohn (FDP). In the result of the last district election, Volker Knörr achieved 36.1 percent of the vote, followed by Bianca Staßen with 25.2 percent and Joachim Paul with 19.5 percent. Since no absolute majority was achieved, a runoff election between Knörr and Staßen will take place on March 16. The turnout was 79.9 percent, reports Wochblatt-Reporter .