Christine O'Donnell
After Republican Christine O'Donnell won the Delaware Senate primary in 2010, Maher reminded the media (on Larry King Live) that O'Donnell had been a frequent guest on Politically Incorrect and on that Friday's Real Time, Maher showed an old clip of O'Donnell saying she dabbled in witchcraft, threatening to show more clips from the show until she came on his show. O'Donnell did not appear again on Real Time (until 2012). However, this became such an issue during the campaign that O'Donnell released a commercial that began with the line "I am not a witch." Following the controversy, she lost decisively in the United States Senate special election in Delaware, 2010 to Chris Coons.
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