Parties Campaign In Lower Saxony State Elections

BREMEN, GERMANY - AUGUST 29: Stephan Weil (L), German Social Democrat (SPD) and governor of the state of Lower Saxony, gives a gingerbread heart to a girl on her hen party while campaigning in the Lower Saxony state electionswhile campaigning in Lower Saxony state elections on October 7, 2017 in Oldenburg, Germany. The elections, scheduled for October 15, were triggered by the defection of a Lower Saxony Greens Party member of the state parliament to the German Christian Democrats (CDU), which ended the slim majority held by the SPD and Greens Party coalition government. According to recent poll the CDU and SPD are currently tied with 33 per cent each in the race. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD), with 8% in polls, is very likely to win its first seats in the Lower Saxony parliament. (Photo by David Hecker/Getty Images)