Since 2016, the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany has been governed by the environmentalist Greens and the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) . A few days before the election, polls show those two parties running neck and neck. The current head of government, Premier Winfried Kretschmann of the Greens, will turn 78 in May and is not running for re-election. With the March 8 vote looming, the CDU has a slight lead in the polls. But with the environmentalist Green