Incumbent Brandenburg state leader, Dietmar Woidke, expressed optimism about the outcome of Sunday’s elections in the eastern German state as the Social Democrat (SPD) cast his ballot. The focus of the Brandenburg election, the state surrounding Berlin, is on whether the far right will secure the most support for the second time in a month, or if German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats will come out on top. Woidke – who has led the government in Brandenburg for 11 years – said his SPD party had entered the elections “more united and more decided” because its members were aware that a …