it speaks to actually not knowing anything about Mills to call her "the center wing of the party" her actual record is more like Elizabeth Warren as governor of a small North East state than say Mark Warner.
Dort McGorkMills never actually dropped out, she remained on the ballot and was very well known by virtue of being the governor. And even after it came out Platner was a rapist, Mills lost to Collins by greater margins than he did That should speak to how much voters dislike the center wing of the party