A candidate for the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) has made gains on her previous election result despite her currently being in police custody on charges of supporting a terrorist organization. In Berlin’s partial repeat of its botched 2021 federal election, ordered by a court due to numerous documented mishaps, AfD candidate Birgit Malsack-Winkemann collected 5.5% of the first votes – 0.2% percentage points more than last time, electoral officials said. In December 2022, Malsack-Winkemann was among several suspects detained in a large-scale police raid. The federal prosecut…