Ms Henderson<\/a> said she was incredibly humbled to have been preselected.<\/p>\n\u201cAs I have committed, I will be establishing my principal Senate office in Geelong.<\/p>\n
I look forward to hitting the ground running and being a strong Liberal voice for all of Victoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thank Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Deputy Leader Josh Frydenberg for all their support.<\/p>\n
\u201cI pay tribute to the other preselection candidates. The Liberal Party is a great grassroots democratic organisation where members choose their candidates based on merit.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally, thank you to my family for their incredible and unwavering support and encouragement. I could not have done it without them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Morrison backed Ms Henderson to win the preselection and sent out a letter endorsing her that included the handwritten postscript \u201cwithout Sarah, we would not have won!\u201d. This is yet to be fully explained, given Ms Henderson lost her seat at the May 18 federal election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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