More than 50,000 residents from across the electorate are expected to have casted their votes by 6pm tomorrow. But time isn’t up for the four candidates each trying to convince those 54,851 voters to write the number one next to their names.

Incumbent MP and Nationals candidate Adam Marshall is facing loud opponents, with Greens’ Mercurius Goldstein, Labor’s Debra O’Brien and independent Dave Mailler lining up to take his chair. Each candidate has made their final pledge to voters, summing up entire campaigns into single sentences.

While the election is still technically anyone’s game, opinion polls show candidates will face a tough sprint to the finish line.

According to Sportsbet figures, Mr Marshall will fly past his opponents with the odds sitting at $1.01. 

Standing on the second place podium is Labor, with the odds stacked against Ms O’Brien at $13.  Across the state, it seems the opinion is fairly similar, with the Coalition sitting comfortably with odds of $1.04 and Labor trailing at $10.

Back in the Northern Tablelands, the big issues were securing funding for the Armidale Hospital upgrade, TAFE and electricity assets. 

Mr Marshall made the hospital his big ticket item for voters, pledging $60 million for the project should the Coalition regain control of Parliament House.

Ms O’Brien focused her campaign on TAFE, promising to reverse fee hikes and funding cuts.

Mr Goldstein's policy line has been reintroducing taxes in a bid to stop the “privatisation agenda” and creating a trust fund for Landcare.

Mr Mailler’s campaign focused on the mental and physical health of producers, and boosting small businesses to build sustainable communities. 

With weeks of campaigning building up to 8am tomorrow when polling booths open across the state, candidates are hoping they’ve done enough to persuade voters. 

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