SPD Niedersachsen Names Lars Klingbeil as Lead Candidate for Bundestagswahl

Klingbeil secures top spot with overwhelming support, emphasizing a showdown between Scholz and Merz in the upcoming election.

Lars Klingbeil, SPD federal party leader, was elected with 98.2% support to lead Niedersachsen's list for the 2025 Bundestagswahl.
Klingbeil criticized CDU candidate Friedrich Merz, framing the election as a choice between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Merz.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, currently Germany's most popular politician in polls, was placed third on the Niedersachsen list due to illness-related absence.
Siemtje Möller, Parliamentary State Secretary for Defense, secured the second spot on the list.
Other notable SPD figures on the Niedersachsen list include Labor Minister Hubertus Heil at position five and General Secretary Matthias Miersch at position seven.