The defeat marks a critical point for the party's faction on its ideology with Mundine representing the conservative wing and Kapterian representing the moderates.
High-profile anti-Voice campaigner Warren Mundine has lost to tech executive Gisele Kapterian in the NSW Liberal Party's preselection for the blue-ribbon Sydney seat of Bradfield.
Mundine, the former Labor Party president turned strong campaigner against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Indigenous Voice to parliament, congratulated Kapterian on her win, adding that she is a "great candidate". The Bradfield seat, which is a pro-Voice seat, is crucial for the Liberals to retain if they hope to win the federal election this year.retiring Bradfield MP Paul Fletcher'sIn a statement, Boele congratulated Kapterian on her pre-selection, adding that she looked forward to the election campaign where she would advocate for a local representative who reflected the community rather than a political party.
"We are a great country, but the major party duopoly is holding us back from finding sensible solutions to these problems," she said. "Bradfield has been held by one party for 75 years. If elected, I'll draw on my experience in finance, clean energy and government, and will advocate for common-sense reforms to address the problems the major parties have created.": Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone.
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