Kevin Rudd's brother tries preference deal with LNP in Senate bid Kevin Rudd's older brother Greg has confirmed he will stand as an independent for the Senate at the next federal election. File picture: Adam Smith Source: The Courier-Mail KEVIN Rudd's brother Greg is trying to negotiate a preferences deal with the LNP to help him win a seat in the Senate. Greg Rudd is standing as an independent candidate in Queensland at the September 14 election. But the former ALP member is hoping the deal will get him across the line. Mr Rudd has already met senior figures in the LNP and is due to make a formal approach to the party this week. He said he expected the LNP to attract a higher vote than at the last election in Queensland and wanted to tap into their excess votes. The LNP just fell short of three quotas at the last election and secured three senators after preferences. "Whatever quota the LNP get, they will get a quota plus something," Mr Rudd told The Courier-Mail. I will be trying to attract the 'plus something', because where else will they send it? They obviously won't give it to the Labor Party, they won't give it to the Greens and they see the Bob Katter party as a party that will undermine their own bedrock. When they look around at all the options of where their preferences could flow, I will be a safer bet. LNP state director Brad Henderson said his party had not yet decided about where it would direct preferences but he suggested he supported Mr Rudd's candidacy.