STATE POLLS | Former Kedah menteri besar Mahdzir Khalid contested Pedu twice in 2004 and 2008 and won both times.

Now, 15 years after he was last elected to the seat, he is attempting to wrest the formerly Umno seat back from PAS.

If he wins the seat, and Pakatan Harapan and BN win Kedah, it has been speculated that the former Umno vice-president might be the coalition’s candidate for menteri besar.

However, Mahdzir’s run for a third term in Pedu is at risk of...