Overview

• Rebecca Ruppert was confirmed as lead candidate with about 96 percent support at a party assembly in Nassau.
• Die Linke plans a statewide run for the March 22, 2026 election as it seeks to enter the Rheinland-Pfalz Landtag for the first time.
• Ruppert centered the campaign on public or cooperative control of housing and on keeping healthcare out of market logic.
• Nina Bömelburg secured the second spot on the list, with the first three positions held by women.
• The party cites momentum from the 2025 Bundestag results (8.8 percent nationally, 6.5 percent in the state) and a June SWR poll at 5 percent after winning just 2.5 percent in the 2021 state race.