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Petra K'pping, Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs and SPD lead candidate for the 2024 state election in Saxony, welcomes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the SPD's election campaign finale, in Chemnitz, Germany, Friday Aug. 30, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)
Bjorn Hecke (AfD) after the publication of the first forecasts for the state election in Saxony and Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday Sept. 1, 2024.. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Mario Voigt, center, speaks after the first exit polls for the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony are released, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Martin Schutt/dpa via AP)
Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke), waits for results on the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
People carry a banner reads "Against "Remigration" and "Repatriation Improvement Act - Against War and Fascism" during a protest against an election party of AfD supporters for the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)
Police officers detain men during a protest against an election party of AfD supporters for the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)
Bjorn Hecke (AfD) after the publication of the first forecasts for the state election in Saxony and Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday Sept. 1, 2024.. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Participants in a demonstration against the right hold a banner reading "Fascism is not an opinion, it's a crime!" in Hamburg, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)
Police officers guard during a anti-fascist rally following the results of the state elections in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Michael Reichel/dpa via AP)
BSW party chairwoman Sahra Wagenknecht speaks at the BSW election party after the first exit polls for the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony are released, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP) Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, gestures as he walks through the state parliament, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bodo Schackow/dpa via AP)
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, prepares for an interview during the state election for Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
Protesters light pyrotechnics during a rally against the growth of right-wing parties in the state elections for Saxony, in Dresden, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)