GUETERSLOH, Germany (Reuters) - Two years ago voters in this industrial city on the eastern edge of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) narrowly backed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in a regional election.
But next month, voters like Jochen Venker may vault the rival Social Democrats (SPD) into first, strengthening the centre-left party's hold on Germany's most populous state and dealing Merkel a heavy blow before a federal vote in 2013.
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