With just hours to go before nominations close, newcomers have entered the federal election race in Illawarra electorates.
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The field in Cunningham stands at six but rumours are swirling about the late addition of a Liberal candidate.
Nominations across the country close at noon today and ballot draw in all electorates will take place 24 hours later.
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The most recent entrant to the Labor-held seat of Cunningham is Thomas Grogan who will represent Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
It's not Mr Grogan's first foray into the world of politics. Last year he contested the Wollongong City Council election, however, did not make the Ward 2 cut.
With Labor's longstanding MP Sharon Bird retiring, a new MP is a given.
Ms Bird's longtime advisor Alison Byrnes heads up the field which includes Dylan Green (The Greens), Michael Glover (Liberal Democrats), Benjamin Britton (United Australia Party) and Alexis Garnaut-Miller (Citizens Party)
Labor's Stephen Jones has a comfortable 10.9 per cent margin in the seat Whitlam and will face a field of four rivals, barring latecomers.
Nominated already are Michael Cains (Liberal Party), Jamie Dixon (The Greens), Michael Wheeler (Liberal Democrat) and Allan Wode (United Australia Party).
The seat of Gilmore has received continued attention from high-profile politicians laden with multimillion-dollar promises for a Nowra bypass this week.
Incumbent Fiona Phillips, who has a slender majority, goes head-to-head with former NSW MP and Liberal Party hope Andrew Constance.
Liberal Democrat Adrian Fadani has joined the field which also includes Carmel McCallum (The Greens) and Jordan Maloney (United Australia Party) so far.
A slew of high-profile politicians have tripped to the South Coast since the election was called 10 days ago.
After Ms Phillips promised $5 million for the bypass, the Morrison government, together with the NSW government, pledged $40 million for the same project on Tuesday.
The next date of significance is the start of early voting on May 9.
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