With the countdown to the state election less than five weeks away, the race to the polls is very much on.
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Candidate speculation is mounting, with a short period for campaigning ahead.
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CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
The Greens have previously announced their lead candidates for each of the state's five electorates.
In Bass, social worker Jack Davenport has thrown his hat into the ring, after an unsuccessful attempt at the Rosevears legislative council election.
In Lyons, Falmouth environmental campaigner Liz Johnstone has the lead position.
Greens Leader Cassy O'Connor said the rest of their candidates are currently being finalised.
"We're pre-selecting now, we expect to have the ticket filled within a week," Ms O'Connor said.
"I know that they're going to be outstanding representatives of the Greens and great campaigners.
"I think we're in a better position in some ways... because we pre-selected our lead candidates and launched them early because we got the feeling that there were moves afoot."
Candidates from the Labor Party are also currently being finalised.
Leader Rebecca White said that with nominations currently open, an announcement is expected in coming days.
"I'm looking forward to being able to stand with a very strong team of people who'll represent their community and Tasmania proudly," Ms White said.
"I'm confident that the Labor party will have a strong field of candidates in every electorate, and we've got a strong agenda for Tasmania that's about making sure it's a better and fairer place, providing job opportunities for Tasmanians, investing in health and housing services that Tasmanians deserve."
Premier Peter Gutwein announced the full Liberal party ticket on Sunday.
All currently elected members have been preselected and will run again, committing to full terms if re-elected.
New and familiar faces join the current team on the ticket.
BASS
Sarah Courtney, Michael Ferguson and Peter Gutwein are joined by familiar faces to many across the Northern electorate - Simon Wood, Greg Kieser and Lara Alexander.
Mr Wood is a former Launceston councillor, while Mr Kieser is the current George Town mayor.
Ms Alexander has taken leave from her current position as the St Vincent de Paul Society Tasmania chief executive to run for the Liberal party.
"I'm very committed to try and bring something to the table, a bit of difference," she said.
"I have been associated with the not-for-profit sector for a long time, since 1998, and I think that I can build a bridge between the community needs, understanding deep down what the community's concerns are, from health, social services, education, and build that bridge and bring that into politics, that's my big wish."
Ms Alexander said she would use her not-for-profit experience to her advantage if elected. She said she wanted to see long term solutions to social issues.
"Short term fixes patch a hole, but they don't necessarily bring all of the pieces together," she said.
"For the younger generation and the future generation to succeed, and to feel supported coming out especially after what we've been through, is very important to have those long term solutions otherwise we'll always be talking about housing and homelessness, and the risk of homelessness, and people struggling.
"It is probably bigger than one region, it is actually all encompassing for Australia to have long term solutions to help people and to create solutions that don't go around the system but a solution that goes around its people."
LYONS
Guy Barnett, Mark Shelton and John Tucker will be campaigning alongside Stephanie Cameron, Susie Bower and Justin Derksen.
Stephanie Cameron and Susie Bower join the ticket from the Meander Valley Council. Ms Bower is also the Bell Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone's chief executive.
Justin Derksen, the other new face to the Lyons team, is based in the state's south at New Norfolk.
Mr Derksen owns construction company Crusader Homes, is the director of the New Norfolk Distillery and is part of the redevelopment at Willow Court.
"I work as a carpenter/joiner/tiler, as an accredited building practitioner running the family business," Mr Derksen said.
"I'm standing so that my children can have a better life in Tasmania, where they can work, live and raise a family."
Mr Derksen said he didn't see the sprawling size of the electorate as a challenge when it came to campaigning.
"I think I can be quite successful," he said.
"I've got a lot of contacts around the Derwent Valley and surrounds in southern Lyons, I'll be looking to make a great deal of effort to make contact with those people again and harness the Liberal vote.
"I'm a person who stands on integrity and strength, I see being a parliamentarian is to provide a service to the community, to the state and to the country."
PETER GUTWEIN'S MESSAGE
Mr Gutwein said he had a great team standing behind him ahead of May 1.
"This election as I've said, is going to be about who can deliver the strong, stable majority government that Tasmania needs... to provide the certainty that Tasmania needs moving forward," he said.
"The team behind me is a team that is made up of people with a diverse range of backgrounds.
"We've got small business people, we've got people who have worked in the not-for-profit area, we have farmers, we have people that have worked and trained and taught, we have people that have been in the health system.
"This is a diverse team, it represents the strengths and opportunities of Tasmania, and I couldn't be prouder that they are standing with me to deliver the certainty that we need."
THE OTHER ELECTORATES
Former MP Adam Brooks is standing again in Braddon alongside real estate agent Stacey Sheehan and former State Growth executive director Lara Hendriks.
Huon Valley Mayor Bec Enders, Clarence City Councillor Dean Ewington and business owner Dean Young are on the ticket for Franklin.
Madeline Ogilvie, City of Hobart Councillors Simon Behrakis and Will Coats, and former RACT chief executive Harvey Lennon are running in Clark.
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