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Politics
Failed Liberal by-election candidate Georgina Downer will face a preselection challenge for Mayo, with a local branch member telling a meeting of party members last night he will contest the ballot.
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Politics
Insiders say the Liberals have “lessons to be learned” over their failed Mayo by-election campaign, but Georgina Downer appears likely to be re-endorsed as the party’s candidate as early as next week – despite some members privately declaring she will never win the seat.
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A new poll shows Liberal candidate Georgina Downer has failed to cut Centre Alliance opponent Rebekha Sharkie’s huge lead in the Adelaide Hills-based seat of Mayo ahead of tomorrow’s by-election.
The by-election campaign for the federal seat of Mayo has been “very dirty” but nothing less than she expected, Centre Alliance candidate Rebekha Sharkie says.
Liberal Georgina Downer’s high-profile campaign in the Mayo by-election appears to have had little impact, with Rebekha Sharkie extending her poll lead as voters embrace early voting opportunities.
It’s very hard for a crossbencher to get into the House of Representatives. But when they do, these small players can be difficult to blast out, for reasons revealed again in research carried out in the South Australian seat of Mayo this week.
