When Laura Nuttall stood as a candidate, aged 20, for the ACT Greens, she knew she had a non-zero chance of getting elected to the Legislative Assembly.
But the chances were slim. Terribly remote. Nigh on nil. That's the lot of a support candidate.
Then a friend called in November last year. Johnathan Davis, the Greens candidate who won a seat in Brindabella at that election, had resigned from the Assembly after accusations of inappropriate sexual relationships.