BREAKING NEWS Jacqui Lambie beats One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's daughter to win Senate seat
Jacqui Lambie has secured the fifth seat in the Tasmanian Senate, edging out One Nation leader Pauline Hanson 's daughter, Lee Hanson.
The Australian Electoral Commission confirmed the count on Tuesday morning following a tightly-contested electoral race.
The Jacqui Lambie Network senator will join Liberal senators Richard Colbeck and Claire Chandler, Labor senators Carol Brown and Richard Dowling and Greens senator Nick McKim in rounding out the island state's six upper house representatives.
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