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Maine Democrat Rep. Chellie Pingree told the national Democratic Party and news media to just leave the Maine Democratic Party alone as they scramble to find a new candidate for Senate as a replacement for Graham Platner.

"Just stay away, stop writing all your dumb-ass columns on the internet. Don't call me anymore. I don’t want to hear your ideas," she said. "We're not stupid; we can figure this stuff out."

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Paige Loud, a 29-year-old social worker, filed to run for Senate shortly before Platner ended his campaign. After he dropped out, Loud wrote on social media that "Mainers deserve more than a hand-picked replacement whose morality only kicked in at the last minute."

Loud ran in the Democratic House primary for Maine's 2nd Congressional District last month, coming in fourth place with 10.4% of the vote. She contributed around $30,000 to her own campaign and raised about $17,000.

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