Center-left party projected to win north German state vote

Alternative for Germany, AfD, politician Armin-Paul Hampel reacts after first exit polls are published for the Lower Saxony state elections, in Barsinghausen, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. The center-left Social Democrats are projected to win a vote in Germany’s northern state of Lower Saxony. Initial projections by public broadcaster ARD put the Social Democrats of governor Stephan Weil ahead with 37.5 percent of the vote, ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats with 35 percent. at the AfD election party in Barsingshausen, Germany, 15 October 2017. (Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/dpa via AP)