I have to say, the German politics threads on this board are at this point entirely incomprehensible, at least if you don't speak German. I'd like to know what's going on because it seems interesting but this thread certainly isn't helping.
Laschet won the CDU committee vote by a large margin, while this isn't a final vote, Soder had indicated a willingness to accept such a vote.
Good Bloomberg article on it:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-19/laschet-keeps-chancellor-bid-alive-surviving-cdu-party-vote