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• A U.S. state senate candidate who is a gamer has had her hobby used against her. "In an unusual press release issued Thursday, the Maine GOP attacked Lachowicz for a “bizarre double life” in which she’s a devotee of the hugely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft. In the game, she’s “Santiaga,” an "orc assassination rogue" with green skin, fangs, a Mohawk and pointy ears." However "Lachowicz has a master’s degree in social work and runs the school-based programs for a statewide mental health center. She’s the former Democratic Party chairwoman for her town and has served as vice chairwoman of the county" party." But the opposition party thinks that it's what she does in her time off that matters. "Maine GOP party spokesman David Sorenson said. 'Certainly the fact that she spends so much time on a video game says something about her work ethic and, again, her immaturity.'"
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• A U.S. state senate candidate who is a gamer has had her hobby used against her. "In an unusual press release issued Thursday, the Maine GOP attacked Lachowicz for a “bizarre double life” in which she’s a devotee of the hugely popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft. In the game, she’s “Santiaga,” an "orc assassination rogue" with green skin, fangs, a Mohawk and pointy ears." However "Lachowicz has a master’s degree in social work and runs the school-based programs for a statewide mental health center. She’s the former Democratic Party chairwoman for her town and has served as vice chairwoman of the county" party." But the opposition party thinks that it's what she does in her time off that matters. "Maine GOP party spokesman David Sorenson said. 'Certainly the fact that she spends so much time on a video game says something about her work ethic and, again, her immaturity.'"
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