New York Times: In Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, the AfD more than doubled its vote share from the previous election and finished first. It campaigned on economic renewal and on deporting refugees from the Middle East and elsewhere. With most of the vote counted, the Christian Democrats had fallen below 5 percent of the vote, the threshold for winning seats in the state parliament, a potentially devastating development for Mr. Merz’s party if it held through the final tally.
…In Berlin, Die Linke outperformed its polls with a relentless focus on bringing down the high cost of housing. Its victory was large enough that it could lead the next Berlin government, replacing the Christian Democrats, who finished second in the race…