New Zealand Senate Election, 2038

**Elections to the New Zealand Senate** will be held on November 13, 2038 with 13 of the 40 seats (Class 2) in the Senate to be contested, the winners of which will serve six-year terms. Elections for the House of Representatives and several gubernatorial elections, will be held on the same date.

Class 2 was last up for election in 2032, when Labour gained one seat.

## Bay of Plenty

Incumbent Labour Senator Tai Beall was elected to a first term in 2032, defeating National candidate Kirsti Lee. Beall has indicated he will run for re-election.

Potential National opponents include former Congressman Bradley Jensen, Congressman Walker Fairchild and District Councillor Raj Davidson.

Congressman Brice Guyton had indicated he will not enter the race.

## Dunedin

Incumbent Labour Senator John Yates has not yet indicated if he will run for re-election. If Yates doesn't run possible candidates include Congressman Benjamin Warner who ran for Labour's nomination in 2036, Congressman Mohammed Taza and Governor Andrew Wolf.

Potential National candidates include Congressman Nicholas Estes, former Congressman Jeff Hayes or 2036 Senate candidate Andy Brady.

## Franklin

Incumbent Labour Senator Fraser Bowen was elected to a first term in 2032, defeating sitting National Seantor Callum Welch. The election was marred by corruption charged announced by police against Welch just weeks before the election. National was unable to remove Welch from the ballot however endorsed Bowen in the election. Bowen has indicated he will run for re-election.

Potential National candidates include District Councillor Kennedy Morton, Federated Farmers National Deputy President Shaun Long, Former District Youth Councillor Zoe Lee, Congressman Peter Hobbs and Congresswomen Angela Graham. On January 26, 2037, Congresswomen Maddy Krueger announced she was exploring a campaign.

Several Congressional Representatives, Max Benton, Jayinah Marta, Andrew Ho and Daniel Thomas have indicated they won't enter the race.

## Hutt

Incumbent National Senator Stacey Payne has not yet indicated if she will run for re-election. If Payne doesn't run potential National candidates include former Congresswomen Mackenzie Pace and incumbent Congresswomen Denise Rowe.

Congressional representative Liz Meyer has indicated she will not enter the race.

Potential Labour candidates include 2032 Senate nominee and Wellington Governor Andrew Lee, Congressmen Nathan Harris, Harry Chan, Sam Rohit, community advocate Tiana Parata and District Councillor Naisi Yang.

## Isthmus

Incumbent Labour Senator Bruce Fitzgerald has indicated he will run for re-election.

Potential National challengers include 2032 candidate Madison Lucas, District Councillor Mike Key and Congressman Alex Kirk.

Congresswomen Emily Spiller has indicated she will not enter the race.

## Manukau

Incumbent Labour Senator Greg Banks has not yet indicated if he will run for re-election. Pisa Asau has indicated he is considering run for the Labour nomination regardless of whether Banks runs.

Potential National challengers include Congressman Tom Yu and social worker Lisa Fifita.

## Nelson Lakes

Incumbent Labour Senator Gary Morris has confirmed he will run for re-election.

National Congresswomen Olivia Charles has formed an exploratory committee to investigate entering the race. Other possible candidates include Congresswomen Barbara Ponce, farmer Matt Lucas and former Labour Congresswomen Reyna Nathan.

## Northland

Incumbent National Senator Phil Wilkerson has previously indicated that he would not run in 2038. Potential National candidates include Congressional Representatives Paul Fisher and Millie Peterson and District Councillor Karina Baker.

Potential Labour candidates include Congresswomen Paul Ray Dean, 2032 Senate candidate and community worker Brad Tamati and businesswomen Lisa Carpenter.

## Selwyn

Incumbent National Senator Sally Lane has confirmed she will run for re-election. National Congresswomen Anna Harrison has not ruled out running against Lane for the National nomination.

Potetional Labour candidates include 2034 and 2036 congressional candidate Derick Carter.

## Tamaki

Incumbent National Senator Sarah McKinley is expected to run for re-election.

Potential Labour candidates include Congressional Representative and 2032 Senate candidate Caleb Hughes and social worker Maria Tualasea.

## Taranaki

Incumbent National Senator Bob Lyons has not yet indicated if he will run for re-election. Lyon's has indicated he is considering running for Governor of Taranaki instead of seeking re-election to the Senate.

Potential Labour candidate include