Nickolas J. Levasseur is a former Democratic member of the

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, representing the Hillsborough 11th District from 2006 to 2014. He came under criticism in 2010 after comments about

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and

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(and, by extension, relations with that country) on his

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page were circulated, in which he said that "anime is a prime example of why two nukes wasn't enough". He has since apologized. Levasseur ran as a Democratic candidate for Hillsborough 16th District in the

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. He lost the primary election, having gained 16.7% of the vote.

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