Regional chairman in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Bjoern Hoecke addresses members and supporters of the AfD after the first exit poll results were announced on public television at the AfD's election party following Saxony-Anhalt's state elections in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on September 6, 2026. Germany's far-right AfD won key regional elections on September 6 by a landslide with at least 44 percent of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, said exit polls by two public broadcasters. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP via Getty Images)