Final results early Monday confirmed that Merkel s center-right Christian Democratic Union was handily defeated in Sunday s elections by two popular incumbent state governors.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel s centre-right party was headed for clear defeats in two German state elections on Sunday at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, projections showed six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country s longtime leader.