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She calls herself the yoyo MP. But this time National's Maureen Pugh has sprung back into parliament in spectacular fashion apparently wrestling the long time red seat of West Coast Tasman off Labour's Damien O'Connor. You might know her name because former National party leader Simon Bridges was caught on tape calling her F ing useless. Maureen Pugh has previously been trapped in the revolving door of politics. In 2014 she was in via the party list on election night, but out after the special votes, in 2017 it was the same story. But she bounced back in twice when senior MPs resigned creating a list spot for her. The 2020 election was a knife edge for her too. But this time Maureen Pugh is 915 votes ahead of outgoing Minister Damien Occonnor, with special votes still to be counted. So Checkpoint picked up the phone. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default default/index.html?videoId=6339223555112
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