Colleen Madigan

Colleen Madigan
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
from the 110th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 7, 2016
Preceded byHenry Beck
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 25th district
In office
December 5, 2012 – December 3, 2014
Preceded byTom Martin
Succeeded byScott Cyrway
Personal details
BornJanuary 22, 1964 (1964-01-22) (age 60)
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionSocial worker

Colleen Madigan (born January 22, 1964) is an American politician and social worker from Maine. Under the name Colleen Lachowicz, the Democrat from Waterville was elected to the Maine Senate from the 25th district. Her race attracted international attention when the Republican Party of Maine issued press releases condemning her for playing the online video game World of Warcraft, claiming her "disturbing alter-ego" and "time-consuming double life" made her unfit to hold public office.[1] She was defeated for re-election two years later by Republican Scott Cyrway.

She returned to her maiden name, Colleen Madigan, in 2014 and was elected to the Maine House of Representatives's District 110 in 2016, winning with 2305 votes to 1661 for Republican Mark Andre.[2][3] (Democratic incumbent Henry Beck was not a candidate for re-election, and Madigan was unopposed in the primary.)

  1. ^ "Shepherd, Michael. "Maine Republicans attack candidate for playing World of Warcraft" Morning Sentinel October 4, 2012". October 4, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. ^ ""Maine State House District 110" New York Times website". The New York Times. August 2017. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Colleen Madigan Archived 2019-01-04 at the Wayback Machine "2016 campaign web site".