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Nick Xenophon resigns from Senate to run for state parliament
… Xenophon’s decision to cross back to state politics will significantly boost his micro-party’s fortunes in the looming state poll, and could leave the man who began his career as a political independent on a no pokies platform with a prospect of becoming premier.
Political sources in Canberra say the Xenophon group is polling very strongly in his home state, with a primary vote in the high 20s …
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