{"id":1941,"date":"2025-10-07T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/assen\/nieuws\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:05:06","slug":"teun-jan-kootstra-verkozen-tot-lijsttrekker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/assen\/nieuws\/teun-jan-kootstra-verkozen-tot-lijsttrekker","title":{"rendered":"Teun Jan Kootstra verkozen tot lijsttrekker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  data-background-color=\"yellow\">\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading   heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-teun-jan-kootstra-verkozen-tot-lijsttrekker9733\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Teun Jan Kootstra verkozen tot lijsttrekker\" >\n\tTeun Jan Kootstra verkozen tot lijsttrekker<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--40  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  data-background-color=\"yellow\">\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--13 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph   paragraph__size--big   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tDe D66-leden in gemeente Assen hebben Teun Jan Kootstra gekozen als lijsttrekker voor de komende Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in 2026!<br><br>Op zijn uitverkiezing 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De partij doet in tien Drentse gemeenten mee aan de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen en maakt vandaag de lijsttrekkers bekend.<br>\u00a0<br>In\u00a0<strong>Aa en Hunze<\/strong>\u00a0voert\u00a0<strong>Marita de Groot<\/strong>\u00a0de lijst aan. Zij nam halverwege de huidige raadsperiode het stokje als fractievoorzitter over van Arie Fonk. Hetzelfde geldt voor\u00a0<strong>Johannes Prakken\u00a0<\/strong>die in\u00a0<strong>Hoogeveen\u00a0<\/strong>in 2024 het fractievoorzitterschap overnam van Marin Rutgers. Een jaar eerder volgde\u00a0<strong>Marten Leistra\u00a0<\/strong>vanwege een verhuizing. <strong>Arnoud Knoeff\u00a0<\/strong>op in\u00a0<strong>Midden-Drenthe\u00a0<\/strong>en ook<strong>\u00a0Marten<\/strong> <strong>Leistra<\/strong> is nu gekozen als lijsttrekker.<br>\u00a0<br>De zittende fractievoorzitters\u00a0<strong>John Goeree<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Borger-Odoorn), Joey Koops (Emmen),<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Frederik van Lookeren Campagne<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Noordenveld)<\/strong>, <strong>Herman van Os<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Tynaarlo)\u00a0<\/strong>en<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>wethouder\u00a0<strong>Albert Haar<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>De Wolden) <\/strong>zijn opnieuw door de leden gekozen als lijsttrekker.<br>\u00a0<br>In\u00a0<strong>Assen<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>Teun Jan Kootstra<\/strong>\u00a0weliswaar een bekend D66-gezicht, maar nieuw als lijsttrekker en in\u00a0<strong>Meppel<\/strong>\u00a0komt D66 met een geheel nieuwe aanvoerder:\u00a0<strong>Bert Robbe<\/strong>.<br>\u00a0<br>De lijsttrekkers zelf laten weten er veel zin in te hebben.\u00a0<em>\u201cIk wil me inzetten voor een levendig Assen, waar je goed kan wonen en de fiets op 1 komt,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0zegt\u00a0<strong>Teun Jan Kootstra<\/strong>\u00a0(Assen).\u00a0<em>\u201cWij gaan voor een groen en fatsoenlijk lokaal bestuur,\u201d<\/em>aldus\u00a0<strong>Herman van Os<\/strong>\u00a0(Tynaarlo). En\u00a0<strong>Joey Koops<\/strong>\u00a0(Emmen) vult aan:\u00a0<em>\u201cD66 is voor mij de luidspreker van het stille midden.\u201d<\/em><br>\u00a0<br>Intussen werken tientallen actieve leden aan lokale verkiezingsprogramma\u2019s en plannen voor de verkiezingscampagne. Ook worden gesprekken gevoerd met kandidaten voor de overige plekken op de lijsten. In november bepalen de leden van D66 Drenthe de definitieve volgorde. 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