Overview

• Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, will run as a direct candidate in the Bodenseekreis district for the 2025 Bundestag election.
• Weidel was unanimously selected by the district's AfD members, with 100% of the votes cast in her favor, though one member abstained.
• In the 2021 Bundestag election, Weidel ran in the same district but finished behind candidates from the CDU, SPD, Greens, and FDP, securing only 9.2% of the vote.
• Weidel has been co-leading the AfD alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022 and is set to be officially nominated as the party's chancellor candidate at an event in Riesa this weekend.
• While current polls place the AfD at approximately 19% nationwide, major parties have ruled out forming a coalition with them, limiting the party's chances of entering government.