 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi wa25 Kukadzi 2020, akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake musarudzo yekutungamira ya2021. Mumwe wevakwikwidzi vake akanga ari Armin Laschet, uyo akadana Jens Spahn kuti ave mutevedzeri wake womutungamiri wenyika. Anokwikwidzana naye wechipiri akanga ari Norbert Röttgen. Mushure mekumiswa kwenguva dzinoverengeka, sarudzo yemutungamiri mutsva webato reCDU yakaitika chete pamusangano webato wemazuva maviri pakati paNdira 2021, yaive nguva yekutanga munhoroondo yebato kuti iitwe nenzira yedhijitari. Mukuvhota musi wa 16 Ndira 2021, zuva rechipiri rekongiresi, Merz akagamuchira mavhoti mazana matatu nemakumi masere neshanu mumutambo wekutanga, mashanu kupfuura Laschet. Mumutambo wechipiri, Merz akawana mavhoti 466 kubva kune 1001 nhume, nepo Laschet akawana mavhoti 521, nokudaro akakundikana kukunda chigaro chemutungamiri webato kechipiri. 