Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah will attempt to make the switch from the House to the Senate as a Victorian Labor candidate at next year's election.
Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah will attempt to make the switch to the Senate as a Victoria n Labor candidate at next year's election.ABC elections analyst Antony Green said it'll be difficult for Labor to claim that Senate spot, which it hasn't held since 2007.Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah will make a tilt at a Senate seat after her inner-Melbourne electorate of Higgins was abolished this year.
Labor hasn't won three senate spots in the state since Kevin Rudd's landslide victory in 2007 and Dr Ananda-Rajah concedes it'll be a tough battle in 2025. Dr Allen, who had planned to recontest that seat, has now shifted as the Liberal candidate into the neighbouring Chisholm electorate, aiming to beat incumbent Labor MP Carina Garland.
"Labor would need close to 40 per cent of the vote to compete. got near there in 2007 and that was the last time they elected three senators from Victoria.""The Labor Party to get a third seat will be competing with a third Liberal and the lead Green candidate, the Labor party vote just hasn't been high enough."
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