Star power prevails as celeb candidates prepare to serve on peninsula

Celebrity power proved a compelling drawcard for voters on the Mornington Peninsula, where professional tennis player and media commentator Sam Groth won Nepean back for the Liberal Party andWith the former Liberal seat of Mornington also falling – to independent Kate Lardner – it’s likely all three peninsula seats will be in new hands the next time state parliament sits.

“I’ve run a very local campaign in Nepean,” he said. “Basically, since February I’ve applied every day to winning this seat back.”promises Brayne held the seat by just 0.7 per cent before Saturday’s election, making it one of Labor’s most marginal electorates.In Hastings, the results were too close to call late Saturday. While Liberal candidate Briony Hutton had gathered 36.8 per cent of primary votes, Mercurio was narrowly ahead on preferences having gained 36 per cent of primary votes.

“It is close,” he said. “We’re in the middle of the dance and there’s still another act or so to go before the curtain comes down.” Although the Liberals won Hastings with a 1.1 per cent margin in 2018, a boundary redistribution left the seat with a notional Labor margin of 0.01 per cent.

bpreiss Nepean was always going to fall back, from the high water mark of 2018, no matter who they put up.

bpreiss Celebrity power. Shiny object. Will it tarnish quickly? Will it need to be rubbed and polished? The big ego.

bpreiss Well done Sam.

bpreiss Always knew folks down there weren’t that smart. 🙄

bpreiss Big deal 🥱 however you try to spin in, there’re two losers at least - The Age and the Liberal Party. Your propaganda didn’t work. Sad. 🥹

bpreiss Who Celebrity 🤣🤣🤣🤣

bpreiss An ironed on Lib seat returns to them. Big deal. The results overall for LiberalAus are an utter disaster.

bpreiss Is that the only seat the Libs got back? That is the story of this election. One seat.

bpreiss IMHO he is going to drag the party further down. Just you wait.

bpreiss Whoop de dos -your negativity got you one seat extra

bpreiss Riveting.

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