From Uchte to Cologne: Torsten Burmester is running for mayor:
Torsten Burmester was born in Uchte and is running for the highest office in Cologne ...
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Torsten Burmester Reaches Cologne Mayoral RunoffThe SPD candidate, born in Uchte, is running for Cologne mayor and wants to move the city forward again.
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- The Uchte-born candidate is seeking the mayoralty of Cologne, a city of more than one million people.
- Burmester is running for the SPD and has reached the runoff in Cologne’s mayoral election.
- Before the runoff, Burmester is standing at Neumarkt, a hotspot of Cologne’s drug scene.
- He says he wants to get the city of more than one million moving again.
To finally get the city back up and running.— Torsten Burmester, SPD mayoral candidate in Cologne, stated that he wants to finally get the city back up and running.
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