Gert-Uwe Mende Re-Elected as Wiesbaden Mayor in Runoff

The SPD incumbent secured 58.12% of the vote, defeating independent challenger Thilo von Debschitz, as voter turnout dropped to 34.87%.

Gert-Uwe Mende, the SPD candidate and incumbent mayor, won the March 30 runoff election with 58.12% of the vote.
Thilo von Debschitz, an independent candidate supported by CDU and FDP, garnered 41.88% of the vote in the runoff.
Voter turnout declined significantly from 43.27% in the first round to 34.87% in the runoff election.
Mende has served as Wiesbaden’s mayor since 2019 and will begin his second six-year term following this victory.
The election highlighted contrasting profiles, with Mende's incumbency prevailing over von Debschitz's outsider campaign as an entrepreneur with no prior municipal political experience.