Last week's official ballot draw saw seven candidates nominate for the seat of Calare, which should indicate a fiercely fought campaign of competing ideas.

In truth, though, only three candidates - the Nationals' incumbent Andrew Gee, Labor's Jess Jennings and Sam Romano for the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers - have shown any indication of making a serious bid for the seat.

The other four - Shuyi Chen for the Christian Democratic Party, Beverley T. Cameron for the United Australia Party, the Liberal Democrats' Stephen Bisgrove and The Greens' Stephanie Luke - deserve praise at least for putting their names forward to take part in our democracy but have made no real effort to introduce themselves to the electorate and have no time now to build a meaningful profile.

And if there already appears to be some fatigue setting in among the candidates, then we can hardly blame the voters for feeling the same.

That sense is perhaps exacerbated by a feeling among many Calare residents that their vote does not count for much given it has been a safe Nationals seat for more than a decade, through both Labor and Coalition governments in Canberra.

Mr Gee enters this contest on a comfortable 12 per cent margin which should be enough for him to keep his job, so perhaps the best Dr Jennings and Mr Romano can hope for is to chip away at that advantage to make it a winnable seat next time round.

But their task has not been aided by the disengagement of much of the electorate who are still recovering from the long state election campaign that preceded this federal campaign.

Nor does the size of the electorate, and the hundreds of kilometres required to traverse it, make it easy for them to personally get themselves in front of the voters.

Without that personal interaction, it is hard to get a rusted-on Nationals voters to change their thinking.

Dr Jennings and Mr Romano have just under three weeks to cut through that voter ennui to excite a mood for change.

If they can't do it, then Mr Gee looks set to triumph in one of the less dynamic campaigns we have seen.