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leftstreet

(41,329 posts)
16. She's an experienced politician
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:49 PM
May 31
3] She announced her candidacy for Maine House District #134 in February 2018, filling a seat vacated by Walter Kumiega, who had termed out and approached her about running in his place.[9][3] District #134 represents Maine's largest lobster ports and consists of waterfront towns and islands.[10]

McDonald ran unopposed in the 2018 House District #134 Democratic primary and defeated Republican Philip Brady 67%-33% in the general election.[2] During her first term, McDonald served on the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources and the Maine Climate Council Working Group on Community Resiliency, Emergency Planning and Public Health.[2]

In January 2020, McDonald announced a re-election bid.[11] She defeated fellow Democrat Julie Eaton 75%-25% in the District #134 primary and ran unopposed in the general election.[12] In her second term she continued to serve on the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources and was assigned as the House chair of the Government Oversight Committee.[13] In April 2021, McDonald was appointed to the Coastal and Marine Working Group of the Maine Climate Council.[14]

McDonald announced her candidacy for Maine Senate District 7 in January 2022,[15] but later withdrew her candidacy. She resigned her House seat on May 9, 2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_McDonald#Maine_House


She knows how things work

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Welp.. you're fired. yourout May 31 #1
Are we starting the Democratic circular firing squad here? oldmanlynn May 31 #2
There will be three Democrats on the June 9 ballot, and voters will rank their choices. lapucelle May 31 #5
Well we can't support another predator MontanaMama May 31 #6
Sexting isnt being a sexual predator oldmanlynn May 31 #21
It's predatory behavior MontanaMama Monday #22
Is it okay with you that he has such people on his staff? niyad May 31 #11
I guess it's Collins again then. dem4decades Monday #27
SMDH niyad Monday #28
Like when Platner voted for her. betsuni Monday #29
Campaign calling it gossip and falsehoods. Irish_Dem May 31 #3
Genevieve McDonald responded on Facebook. lapucelle May 31 #4
LOL she's destroying her career over this? leftstreet May 31 #7
Yes, she is destroying her career over this, and no she did not take the payoff lapucelle May 31 #8
Doesn't seem worth it leftstreet May 31 #9
A woman shouldn't be taking the blame for a man's bad actions EdmondDantes_ May 31 #17
Maybe because she already got paid double by AIPAC JCMach1 Monday #30
What are you even talking about? lapucelle Monday #31
"Just spitballing here, but maybe *AIPAC'* paid her double." lapucelle Monday #32
Doesn't it say "multiple sources"? Nixie May 31 #10
In addition, it may be that Platner's sexts were on his Kik account, lapucelle May 31 #12
Kik was a new one for me. Had to look that up. Nixie May 31 #14
Yes, of course MorbidButterflyTat May 31 #13
She's an experienced politician leftstreet May 31 #16
She acted with her conscience. betsuni Monday #26
If you work for a campaign and you request information from the candidate AZProgressive May 31 #15
And how should a person in a committed relationship act? EdmondDantes_ May 31 #18
It seems the people in the committed relationship worked it out AZProgressive May 31 #19
He was sexting with at least six women. LisaL May 31 #20
This. MontanaMama Monday #23
Well given Platner has denied the sexting, not so much on working it out EdmondDantes_ Monday #25
She wasn't part of the campaign when she passed it on to the WSJ. She left the campaign when his Reddit comments WhiskeyGrinder Monday #24
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