'World of Warcraft' Candidate For Maine State Senate Wins Election 220
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."
FOR (Score:5, Funny)
FOR THE HOARDE
There's a Senator in my basement! (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently you can run the state of Maine from your parents basement.
The most lucrative World of Warcraft profession... (Score:5, Funny)
...is apparently running for Senate. According to my sources, that's enough money to buy 4.8 million gold!
LFM: Bill Sponsorship (Score:5, 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.
Re:Precedent (Score:5, Funny)
Politicians shooting lawyers? I don't really see the downside.
Re:FOR (Score:4, Funny)
I guess this would be a "Leroy Jenkins" moment for the GOP:)
Re:Let me be the first to call her a (Score:5, Funny)
Damn casuals.
Re:There's a Senator in my basement! (Score:5, Funny)
Locked away in a dungeon behind raid mobs.
The real story being... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Let me be the first to call her a (Score:5, Funny)
Shes a rogue, we already knew that.
Re:There's a Senator in my basement! (Score:5, Funny)
Horseshit. We all know that guy is a libertarian.