A Senate election in the Czech Republic will feature a competition between candidates from coalition partners, Jindřich Rajchl and Tomio Okamura’s SPD. Both men were previously elected as members of parliament representing the SPD. Hynek Beran, opposing wind and solar energy projects, will run for the PRO party in the Trutnov region. Radek Mráz, a city council member from Úpice, will represent Tomio Okamura’s SPD in the same region. Rajchl attributed the dual candidacy to disagreements at the local level, indicating a fracture within the coalition. This presents an unusual scenario of competing candidates from allied political forces in a key election. The outcome will test the strength of their coalition at a regional level.