The SPD runs in constituency 224 with a candidate for the federal election.
Carmen Wegge received 44 yes-votes at the general assembly.
What has been emerging for a few months has been official since Friday evening: 31-year-old Carmen Wegge will run for the SPD in constituency 224 in the federal election on September 26th.
In addition to the district of Starnberg, this also includes the district of Landsberg and the city of Germering.
In a secret ballot, Wegge got 44 yes-votes.
There were two votes against and three abstentions.
She had no opponent.
Alexander Rupff from Gauting would have liked to stand for election, but was not suggested by any of the delegates.
Virtual meeting for the first time
For the first time, the assembly meeting took place virtually.
Although the SPD had reserved various halls and received an exemption, the risk for a face-to-face event was too great, said district chairwoman Julia Ney.
She praised Wegge in high tones.
"She's a great candidate who brings a lot with her," said Ney - but also had to admit that she first had to google the name Carmen Wegge when she first heard it.
Wegge was self-confident and combative in front of the delegates and received a lot of applause for her application speech.
"The desire for social justice and equal opportunities is paramount," she said - whether it is the climate goals or a necessary redistribution.
“We need a strong welfare state that does not turn citizens into supplicants and gives them the feeling that they can lose something.” This is another reason why she clearly positioned herself on the anniversary of the racist attack in Hanau with nine dead and demanded: “We as the SPD must lead the fight against the right even stronger than we are already doing. "
Carmen Wegge: Born in the Ruhr area, grew up in Fürstenfeldbruck
Wegge was born in the Ruhr area, grew up in Fürstenfeldbruck, she is an art and culture organizer, lawyer with the aim of being a labor judge, in the SPD since 2013, married and mother of a two-month-old daughter.
Wegge denied that she could therefore not run the candidacy with full force.
“I really feel like campaigning,” said the 31-year-old and appealed to her comrades: “Be brave with me.
Let's have a great summer together starting tomorrow. "
Before the SPD, the FDP (Britta Hundesrügge) and AfD (Rainer Gross) had already elected their candidates from the current Bundestag parties.
The CSU (Michael Kießling) and the Greens (Martina Neubauer) are still pending formal resolutions.