The October election looms as a big day for National's Penny Simmonds and Labour's Liz Craig for differing reasons.
The pair contested the Invercargill seat in 2020, which Ms Simmonds won with just a 224 vote margin.
Ms Craig still picked up a spot in Parliament as a list MP in 2020, although on current polling she will probably need to win the Invercargill electorate to return to Parliament.
On the flipside, Penny Simmonds has surged up National's list rankings, going from 63 at the last election to 16 now.
National Party MP Penny Simmonds in select committee. Photo: Phil Smith
