Governor of Brandenburg and Germany's Social Democratic Party, SPD, top candidate for the state election Dietmar Woidke arrives at the party's election event after first exit polls announced in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock votes in the state election in Brandenburg at a polling station in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Michael Bahlo/dpa via AP)
Hans-Christoph Berndt, a candidate for the AfD in the Brandenburg state elections, and his wife cast their ballots for the state election on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Potsdam, Germany. (Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa via AP)
Thuringia right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader Bjoern Hoecke reacts after first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election, in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Liesa Johannssen/Pool Photo via AP)
Right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) Brandenburg top candidate Hans-Christoph Berndt and Thuringia AfD party leader Bjoern Hoecke react, after first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Liesa Johannssen/Pool Photo via AP)
Governor of Brandenburg and Germany's Social Democratic Party, SPD, for the state election Dietmar Woidke, center, arrives at the party's election event after first exit polls announced in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives to vote in the state election in Brandenburg at a polling station in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Michael Bahlo/dpa via AP)
Right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla react before first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election in Potsdam, Germany, Sept. 22, 2024. (Liesa Johannssen/Pool Photo via AP)
Governor of Brandenburg and Germany's Social Democratic Party, SPD, top candidate for the state election, Dietmar Woidke, center, arrives at the party's election event after first exit polls announced in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
AfD state chairman, Bjoern Hoecke, left, spokesman for the AfD Thuringia state association, and Hans-Christoph Berndt, deputy chairman of the AfD Brandenburg and top candidate, talk at the AfD election party for the state election in the German state of Brandenburg in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)
Right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Tino Chrupalla, right, and Thuringia AfD party leader Bjoern Hoecke, left, react after first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Liesa Johannssen/Pool Photo via AP)
Sebastian Walter, top candidate for the Left Party in Brandenburg, speaks on stage at the election party of the Left Party in Potsdam, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Michael Bahlo/dpa via AP)
Governor of Brandenburg and Germany's Social Democratic Party, SPD, for the state election Dietmar Woidke, center, arrives at the party's election event after first exit polls announced in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) Brandenburg top candidate Hans-Christoph Berndt, center, gestures next to AfD party co-leaders Alice Weidel, left, and Tino Chrupalla, right, as they react after first exit polls of the Brandenburg state election in Potsdam, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Liesa Johannssen/Pool Photo via AP)