Local election results in the central German state of Thuringia showed gains for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on district and city councils, but no major breakthroughs. In Thuringia, 13 district administrators and 94 local mayors were elected on Sunday. Hundreds of local councils were also replaced. The AfD, whose state-level party in Thuringia is considered particularly far-right, did not win the first round of the district administrator elections – but could become the strongest force in some of the district councils. The Thuringian AfD is being monitored as a known righ…