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Jess Wilson has incumbency which will help her out and she is a moderate, Liberal hold with a swing toward her.
Agree. I can’t see any reason that Jess Wilson wouldn’t improve on her 2022 result with a sophomore surge.
Jess Wilson is exactly the type of demographic the Liberals need to get back into: young, professional, small-L liberal women. She has shown herself to be an effective MP, quite moderate aligned (supported the Voice Referendum and was aligned with Pesutto), and the fact she already has a pretty high-level Shadow Ministry position supports this. I see no worry for her losing, especially if the Liberals are getting a swing to them.
@James I agree, when she wins her seat I wonder what the criticism will be then. Could potentially lead or deputy lead the party too.
I sense Jess Wilson will retain her seat with a sophomore surge. Last election, she was new and the previous member, Tim Smith, was a very controversial one. There is less of a case for a teal candidate in 2026.
@James, Nether Portal, I don’t think the right-wing of the Liberals, Sky After Dark and Advance will be happy with her as leader.
From what I have seen Jess Wilson is a good media performer. She seems to have leadership potential but probably unacceptable to Bev, Moira and Renee.
@Votante so?
@redistributed bev is 76 so wont be round much longdr to see her become a candiadte and thees no guarantee moira will get preselection so i doubt she will need to worry
This was a seat which had a serious independent challenge in 2022 – Sophie Torney fell 200 votes short of making the final two and would probably have got very close to winning had she managed to get ahead of Labor. She’s now mayor of Boroondara which would give her some additional profile (maybe not so much these days). I haven’t heard anything about whether she intends to run again for Kew.