Elections – Hanau – Claus Kaminsky re-elected as mayor of Hanau – politics

Hanau (dpa / lhe) – The SPD politician Claus Kaminsky remains Lord Mayor of Hanau. In the direct election on Sunday, the 61-year-old was clearly confirmed in office with 56.17 percent of the votes cast. Kaminsky, who has been in office since 2003, prevailed against a total of six opposing candidates. 67,000 eligible voters were called for the mayoral election in Hanau, and the turnout was 43.02 percent

Kaminsky, a graduate in administration, has held the chief post in Hanau’s town hall since 2003. Most recently, the mayor was challenged after the racially motivated attack with nine deaths a good year ago and thus became known nationwide. In addition to commemorating the victims of the attack, in his fifth term of office, the Lord Mayor is likely to dedicate himself more to the freedom of districts project in the future: The Brothers Grimm City in the east of the Rhine-Main area last had 100,202 inhabitants (as of December 31 2020) crossed the threshold of the big city and wants to break away from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis.

Kaminsky’s opponent Jens Böhringer from the CDU (35) received 25.84 percent of the vote. The 49-year-old marketing manager Anja Zeller (Greens) achieved 8.11 percent.

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