Far-right upsets German vote for regional premier The tiny central state of Thuringia breaks a German political taboo when a candidate for the regional premiership was unexpectedly heaved into office with help from the far-right AfD party. Thomas Kemmerich, a politician from the economically liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), scored 45 votes, leapfrogging incumbent Bodo Ramelow of the Left party by one vote. The AfD's own candidate received zero votes, indicating the party's state legislators aligned as a bloc behind Kemmerich. IMAGES of the election of Thomas Kemmerich and of the vote