Candidates for the chairmanship of the German Social Democrats Party, SPD, Ralf Stegner, Norbert Walter-Borjans, Alexander Ahrens, Saskia Esken, Karl-Heinz Brunner, Gesine Schwan, Klara Geywitz, Simone Lange, Olaf Scholz, Petra Koepping, Boris Pistorius, Nina Scheer, Karl Lauterbach, Dierk Hirschel, Hilde Mattheis, Christina Kampmann and Michael Roth, from left, stand together in Saarbruecken, Germany, Sept. 4, 2019. The large field of candidates vying to lead what has traditionally been Germany’s main center-left party has embarked on a marathon stump tour. The outcome is expected to influence the future of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s German government. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
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