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'World of Warcraft' Candidate For Maine State Senate Wins Election

Posted by Unknown on from the vows-to-rule-ruthlessly dept.

Teancum writes "Colleen Lachowicz, candidate for the State Senate District 25 of Maine, won the election yesterday against her opponent Thomas Martin. This race was notable in part because her World of Warcraft character that was mentioned earlier on Slashdot, where the Maine Republican Party turned her game playing into a significant issue. It is also notable that she was able to raise a total of $6,300 in campaign contributions from gamers who came to her defense in her successful campaign. The Maine GOP even tried to block these contributions where Lachowicz was cleared of any wrong doing and the investigation was dropped."

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  1. FOR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    FOR THE HOARDE

    1. Re:FOR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I guess this would be a "Leroy Jenkins" moment for the GOP:)

  2. There's a Senator in my basement! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently you can run the state of Maine from your parents basement.

    1. Re:There's a Senator in my basement! by asylumx · · Score: 4, Funny

      Where are my moderator points when I need them!?!

      Locked away in a dungeon behind raid mobs.

    2. Re:There's a Senator in my basement! by Red+Flayer · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know that smelly unkempt guy who shows up at your LAN party and has just about every cheat installed and who shouts PWN! every time his aimbot blows your guy's head off? Yeah...the guy you want to knife in the Kidneys.

      These guys will run for office one day as a Democrat.

      Horseshit. We all know that guy is a libertarian.

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  3. The most lucrative World of Warcraft profession... by InvisibleClergy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is apparently running for Senate. According to my sources, that's enough money to buy 4.8 million gold!

  4. LFM: Bill Sponsorship by Zephyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    If she's ever successfully put together a 25-player raiding group, building a consensus of 18+ in the Maine Senate might not be that difficult of a transition.

    Getting the other senators to understand a Suicide Kings style of vote management might be a bit trickier, though.

  5. Re:Precedent by BoredAtWorkWhatElse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Politicians shooting lawyers? I don't really see the downside.

  6. Re:Let me be the first to call her a by TFAFalcon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn casuals.

  7. The real story being... by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 4, Funny

    That Blizzard nerfed the rogue class so much for MoP, that her time was better spent running for public office.

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  8. Re:Let me be the first to call her a by LordLimecat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shes a rogue, we already knew that.