… ballot is enough to create anxiety. The third opposition group, the Left Party, has nominated little-known lawmaker Luc Jochimsen . Many of its members have little time for Gauck, who after reunification oversaw the files of East Germany's secret …

… outright and of the 644 delegates Merkel's coalition had. Gauck won 490 votes; the hard-left Left Party's candidate, Luc Jochimsen , 123; and far-right candidate Frank Rennicke three. Seven delegates abstained. The 1,244 delegates — half federal …