SPD relies on Berlin State Secretary: Who will be Potsdam's new OB?

SPD relies on Berlin State Secretary: Who will be Potsdam's new OB?

Potsdam, Deutschland - The race for the office of Mayor of Potsdam is increasingly picking up speed. The new election will take place on September 21, 2025 after Mike Schubert (SPD) has been elected. The departure of the previous head of the city had become necessary for allegations such as corruption and poor administration. In the meantime, the Potsdam SPD leadership has identified Severin Fischer as her favorite candidate. Fischer, who is currently working as a state secretary for economy, energy and businesses in Berlin, brings a breath of fresh air to the political arena. Tagesspiegel reports that the SPD should 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 appreciates the Neukölln district as his center of life. As a state secretary, he has been active in the Senate for two years and had previously headed the Senate Chancellery from December 2021 to April 2023. With this experience, Fischer brings with deep knowledge of the political structures that could be decisive for his upcoming office. [rbb24] (https://www.rbb24.de/payhung/2025/06/brandenburg-potsdam- Oberbuermeister-Severin-fischer-SPD-candidate.html) emphasizes that the SPD also focuses on positioning Fischer as candidates in order to offer the voters a clear election alternative.

elections at a glance

For the upcoming election campaign, there are still some exciting details on the agenda. It is necessary for candidates who do not sit in the city council, in the state parliament or the Bundestag, to collect at least 112 supporter signatures in order to go into the race to go to the mayor's office. The AfD district association Potsdam has already nominated Chaled-Uwe Said, while other parties have been holding back so far. The deadline for election proposals runs until July 17th.

The choice has special explosiveness, because after Schubert's failed office, it will be crucial to whom the voters give their trust. In the last election in October 2023, however, Schubert was convincing and won 55.3 percent of the votes against Martina Trauth von Die Linke. This runoff election had become necessary because in the first ballot no candidate reached the absolute majority of 50 percent. Potsdam.de informs about the high turnout of 37.8 percent, which shows that the Potsdam population is quite interested in political decisions.

Soon we will be able to observe which other candidates will increase in the ring and what influence the election campaigns have on voter behavior. In the meantime, the political situation in Potsdam remains dynamic and the expectations of Severin Fischer grow while he is preparing for the official nomination event. The exciting question that is increasingly arising is whether he can gain the trust of voters and thus open a new chapter in Potsdam city policy.