The municipality elections in Cologne/ Köln are over and Martin has indeed secured his seat in the city council. He obtained a relative majority in Cologne's Lindenthal I district with an impressive margin of 10.5% ahead of his closest contender. Martin scored 34.71% corresponding to a total of 4092 votes. His score is thus about seven percentage points higher than the average score for his party in Cologne.
30 August 2009 is the day to vote 'Schoser'! Martin is running for reelection to his mandate in the city council of Cologne/ Köln. It would be his third term. The streets in his election district in Cologne are covered with his campaign picture. How could it then possibly go wrong?