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Four Candidates Vie to Succeed AfD Mayor in Jüterbog

The town faces potential closure of its Medical Care Center due to a pediatrician shortage, prompting candidates with administrative experience, military leadership, legal training, local roots to make their case

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Overview

  • Jüterbog will elect a new mayor on June 29 after Arne Raue won a Bundestag seat with 33.6% in Potsdam-Mittelmark as Brandenburg’s first full-time AfD mayor
  • Local SPD officials warn that a lack of pediatricians could force closure of the Medical Care Center, raising healthcare concerns for the city’s 13,000 residents
  • Sabrina Dimde is running on a Bürgerbündnis Jüterbog–SPD joint ticket, highlighting 16 years of administrative service and the slogan “Bürgermeisterin von hier, für hier und für alle”
  • Sebastian Geess, a Bundeswehr logistics officer, and Christiane Lindner-Klopsch, the acting mayor and head of the Legal and Order Office, emphasize disciplined leadership and collaborative governance
  • Tilman Weber, a project manager at the Federal Finance Ministry who has been physically disabled since birth, advocates innovative solutions and accessible public services