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SPD relies on Berlin State Secretary: Who will be Potsdam's new mayor?
Mayoral election in Potsdam: Severin Fischer (SPD) as candidate, election on September 21, 2025, Mike Schubert voted out.
SPD relies on Berlin State Secretary: Who will be Potsdam's new mayor?
The race for the office of mayor of Potsdam is gaining momentum. The new election will take place on September 21, 2025 after Mike Schubert (SPD) was voted out. The departure of the previous city leader was necessary due to allegations of corruption and poor administration. The Potsdam SPD leadership has now identified Severin Fischer as their favorite candidate. Fischer, who currently works as State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Energy and Enterprises in Berlin, is bringing a breath of fresh air into the political arena. Tagesspiegel reports that the SPD's official nomination will take place on July 5th.
Who is Severin Fischer? The 41-year-old originally comes from Erlangen in Bavaria and has lived in Berlin since 2008, where he values the Neukölln district as the center of his life. As Secretary of State, he has been active in the Senate for two years and previously headed the Senate Chancellery from December 2021 to April 2023. With this experience, Fischer brings with him a deep knowledge of the political structures that could be crucial for his upcoming office. rbb24 emphasizes that the SPD is also relying on Fischer to be strongly positioned as a candidate in order to offer voters a clear electoral alternative.
Elections at a glance
There are still some exciting details on the agenda for the coming election campaign. For candidates who do not sit in the city council, state parliament or federal parliament, it is necessary to collect at least 112 signatures of supporters in order to enter the race for mayor. The AfD Potsdam district association has currently nominated Chaled-Uwe Said, while other parties have so far held back. The deadline for nominations is July 17th.
The election is particularly explosive because after Schubert's failed takeover, it will be crucial who the voters place their trust in. However, in the last election in October 2023, Schubert was able to convince and won 55.3 percent of the votes against Martina Trauth from Die Linke. This runoff election was necessary because no candidate achieved an absolute majority of 50 percent in the first round. Potsdam.de informs about the high voter turnout of 37.8 percent, which shows that the Potsdam population is definitely interested in political decisions.
We will soon be able to see which other candidates will enter the ring and what influence the election campaigns will have on voter behavior. Meanwhile, the political situation in Potsdam remains dynamic, and expectations for Severin Fischer are growing as he prepares for the official nomination event. The exciting question that is increasingly arising is whether he can win the trust of voters and thus open a new chapter in Potsdam city politics.