Overview

• Gelbhaar has registered as a direct candidate with the Berlin-Pankow Greens for the 2026 Abgeordnetenhaus election and appeared at a candidate forum for Prenzlauer Berg’s Wahlkreis 6.
• He faces party colleague Sunčica Klaas for the nomination, with members set to choose at a district assembly on 8 November.
• The seat is considered a stronghold for the Greens, long held by Andreas Otto, who is not running again and has backed Gelbhaar.
• RBB withdrew parts of its reporting in January after identity doubts about an accuser, identified a district politician as having impersonated a complainant, acknowledged errors, and paid €400,000 in damages, according to Tagesspiegel.
• Gelbhaar denies the allegations and pursued legal action, while some women maintain their claims and a Hamburg court left much of a Süddeutsche Zeitung account about inappropriate conduct in place.