Tegethoff ran as the lead candidate for the Volt party in the 2021 local elections in Braunschweig in the Westlicher Ring district and was elected to the city council, where he formed a joint group led by him with representatives from Die PARTEI and Die Linke.[4][5] In the 2022 state election in Lower Saxony, he ran as a direct candidate in the Braunschweig-Nord constituency and received 1.3%.[6]
European Parliament
On September 16, 2023, at the nomination convention in Erfurt, Tegethoff was elected to the third spot on the Volt party’s list for the 2024 European elections, making him part of the top four alongside Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl, and Rebekka Müller.[7][8]
In the election, Volt received 2.6%, enabling Tegethoff to win a seat in the European Parliament. On June 10, the day after the election, he announced that he would resign his city council seat in Braunschweig in order to focus fully on his work in the European Parliament.[9]
