A bad omen for Coffey

Stuff reports:

Former Waiariki MP Tāmati Coffey has been unsuccessful in his bid for a third term on the Rotorua Trust.

It comes as preliminary results on the trust’s election are published, which show the return of four out of five candidates who stood for re-election.

So every other trustee was re-elected. That suggests it was not anti-incumbent, but anti-Coffey.

Last election, Coffey came second out of 30 candidates but in 2022 dropped to ninth out of 16 candidates. 

How do you go from 2nd to 9th? That takes some work.