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AfD Names Frohnmaier Lead Candidate in Baden-Württemberg as Parties Shun Coalition

Other parties have ruled out any coalition with the AfD in Baden-Württemberg, making a Frohnmaier government unlikely.

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Overview

  • At a May 31 party conference in Heilbronn, nearly 400 delegates voted almost unanimously to install 34-year-old Markus Frohnmaier as the AfD’s lead candidate for the 2026 state election.
  • Frohnmaier will not stand for the state parliament, planning to retain his Bundestag seat as deputy AfD parliamentary chief and foreign policy spokesperson if he fails to become Minister-President.
  • A mid-May SWR/Stuttgarter Zeitung survey places the AfD at 19% support in Baden-Württemberg, putting the party third behind the CDU and the Greens.
  • The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution elevated the AfD to a “secured right-wing extremist endeavor” in early May, and the state branch remains under observation.
  • The state election is set for March 8, 2026, when parties will vie to succeed Green Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann, who is stepping down after 15 years in office.