'World of Warcraft' State Senate Candidate Wins Election
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Colleen Lachowitz, the Democratic state senate candidate in Maine whose race drew national attention when the state’s Republican party attacked her for her world of warcraft persona, won election on Tuesday, ousting Republican incumbent Tom H. Martin Jr. by a little over 900 votes, according to the Morning Sentinel. Lachowitz drew criticism from the Maine state GOP for comments the candidate made online while playing World of Warcraft (Lachowicz is a level 85 orc in the popular multi-player online role-playing game. ) Only, it wasn’t Lachowicz herself who made the comments–it was Lachowicz’s warcraft alter-ego, Santiaga. Santiaga said some not-so-nice things about Republicans, including conservative tax icon and promoter of the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” Grover Norquist. Santiaga commented that she “may have to go and hunt down Grover Norquist and drown him in my bath tub.
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Relevance: 0.872516
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Santiaga
Overall Sentiment: -0.0631006
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| 0.0853232 | Santiaga said some not-so-nice things about Republicans, including conservative tax icon and promoter of the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge” ... |
| -0.0627392 | Santiaga commented that she “may have to go and hunt down Grover Norquist and drown him in my bath tub.” |
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Colleen Lachowitz
Overall Sentiment: -0.253491
Relevance: 0.489263
Tom H. Martin Jr.
Overall Sentiment: -0.294242
Relevance: 0.341314
David Sorenson
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.29087
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Overall Sentiment: 0.0660953
Relevance: 0.476747
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Add another demographic to the list of winners on Tuesday night; in addition to Democrats, women, and marijuana advocates, gamers scored a political victory in Maine’s state senate. Colleen Lachowitz, the Democratic state senate candidate in Maine whose race drew national attention when the state’s...
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