WA Senate candidate Linda Reynolds (L) says she's not angry she has to hit the campaign trail again. Source: AAP
DESPITE winning fair and square in the West Australian Senate election, Liberal candidate Linda Reynolds says she's not angry about having to go back on the hustings.
The former adjutant general in the Australian Army says she's taken last month's High Court decision to void the result of the WA poll in her stride.
Ms Reynolds won the state's fourth seat in both the initial count and the recount, during which the Australian Electoral Commission lost 1370 ballots, prompting a fresh election on April 5.
Under the electoral act, an election cannot be held for just the contentious fifth and sixth seats.
"I'm actually very calm about it - I'm generally not angry about it at all," Ms Reynolds told AAP.
She remains number three on the party's ticket, behind David Johnston and Michaelia Cash, and ahead of Slade Brockman.
Two candidates - Steve Thomas and Chris Oughton - have dropped off.
The opposition has so far only re-endorsed its top two, Joe Bullock and Louise Pratt, in that order.
"We'll clear up the rest of the ticket in the next couple of days," Labor state secretary Simon Mead said.
Ms Reynolds said she heard much the same comments from the electorate while doorknocking last week as she did before the September federal election, but voters were increasingly nervous about jobs.
"For WA, that means we need the economy to grow and we need to get more of a fairer share. I think it's not just about GST, but also infrastructure spending, which we desperately need in the west."
She said the opposition's criticism of the federal government's refusal to fund urban rail showed Labor was out of touch and city-centric.
"People in Western Australia are savvy enough to know the difference between state and federal responsibilities."
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