SPD Hesse Party Council - Frankfurt

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 08: Thorsten Schaefer-Guembel (R), the new candidate for governor of the Social Democrats (SPD) of the state of Hesse, and the head of the SPD Hesse, Andrea Ypsilanti, speak at a news conference after an extraordinary meeting of the party council in Frankfurt on November 08, 2008 in Frankfurt am Main. The council discussed the current debacle after the failed election of Ypsilanti for governor and presented the candidate for new elections in January. (Photo by Mario Vedder/Getty Images)

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