Graz: Mayor Kahr Announces Decision on Candidacy

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Elke Kahr has decided: she will once again be the top candidate in the Graz election in 2026. This will continue a unique communist career that culminated in the mayor's office of the second largest city in the country. The portrait of a politician who always went her own way.

Die Presse

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KPÖ mayor Elke Kahr has already decided whether she will compete again at the Graz election in autumn.

der Standard AT

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Elke Kahr has already made the decision for himself – at a KPÖ district conference on Thursday evening she informs the party, after which the media

Tiroler Tageszeitung Online

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Elke Kahr is Austria's only mayor of KPÖ. And she wants Austria's second largest city to remain communist.

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Graz Mayor Elke Kahr (KPÖ) will run for re-election in the 2026 municipal council elections. The 63-year-old has intensively considered the decision in recent months and made it some time ago. However, she has kept the decision secret until now. She announced her decision on Thursday evening at a district conference in her party's Volkshaus. The candidate list will be finalized at a party conference in the fall.

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At the General Assembly of the Grazer KPÖ, Mayor Elke Kahr announced that she will again be the top candidate in the Graz municipal election.