Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:19:01 -0500
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
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Subject: [WSFA] =?windows-1252?Q?=91World_of_Warcraft=92_candidate_vanqu? =?windows-1252?Q?ishes_opponent_in_Waterville?=
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Excerpt:
Buoyed by strong support from voters in her home city of Waterville,
Democrat Colleen Lachowicz vanquished one-term Republican Sen. Thomas
Martin of Benton to capture Senate District 25.

Lachowicz's campaign attracted international attention after the Maine
Republican Party created a website to criticize her participation as a
player in World of Warcraft, an online fantasy game.

Gamers from around the world soon rushed to her defense, making more
than $6,300 in contributions via the website ActBlue to two political
actions committees that supported her campaign. Those donations prompted
the Maine Republican Party to file a complaint against Lachowicz with
the Maine Ethics Commission.

The commission determined Nov. 1 that Lachowicz, a Maine Clean Election
Act candidate, did not coordinate with the PACs for the fundraising and
voted 5-0 not to proceed with an investigation.
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<http://bangordailynews.com/2012/11/07/politics/elections/world-of-warcraft-candidate-vanquishes-opponent-in-waterville/>

      mark