Boris Rhein, top candidate of the CDU and Minister President of Hesse, celebrates at the CDU election party, in Wiesbaden, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Germany's center-right opposition was set to win two state elections on Sunday at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unpopular national government, according to exit polls, which showed gains for a far-right party. (Lando Hass/dpa via AP)