Overview

• Party delegates endorsed Mark Rackles with 92.5 percent to succeed Education Senator Sascha Karolin Aulepp, who is stepping down.
• Eva Högl won 89.5 percent support to take over the Interior and Sport portfolio from Ulrich Mäurer, who plans to leave office at year’s end.
• Högl would become the first woman to lead Bremen’s interior department and signaled continuity with Mäurer’s security policy.
• Rackles brings senior Berlin education experience, including roles in the Kultusministerkonferenz and school‑building taskforce, to confront Bremen’s poor rankings and high dropout rate.
• After parliamentary confirmation, the Senat will finalize departmental assignments as the SPD advances priorities on education equity, public safety, housing affordability and the local economy through 2027.