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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
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37 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
87/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
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CBS News · Center-left · News report
WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) · Center · News report
Washington Examiner · Center-right · News report
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Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is postponing campaign events after a woman he dated told Politico that Platner forced her to have sex against her will. Nikole Killion repo...
Several top Democratic figures call on beleaguered Maine Senate candidate, who denies accusation, to step down Calls for Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for US Senate in Maine, to...
Graham Platner hopes to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins, but the Democrat's campaign is reeling from a bombshell allegation by Jenny Racicot.
Monday's accusations are the latest in a long string of controversies surrounding the Maine Democratic Senate candidate.
In exclusive interviews with Politico, a Maine woman who dated Graham Platner claimed that he sexually assaulted her nearly five years ago, an allegation that the U.S. Senate candidate call...
Senate Republicans have no idea who they will face this fall in Maine as bombshell allegations of sexual assault consume the campaign of Democratic nominee Graham Platner. Platner announced...
Immediately after Politico published a rape allegation against Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner Monday, elected Democrats began to withdraw their...
He said there wouldn’t be any more scandals, but a new Politico report threatens to end his Senate campaign in Maine.
The sexual assault allegations against Maine's Democratic Senate nominee are credible — and fatal to his candidacy
Graham Platner just took a big hit when his biggest support, a Senator who campaigned with Platner, just withdrew his support and called on him to drop out of the race: I’ve...
The latest allegation from Jenny Racicot is very serious and difficult to reject.
Maine's Democratic nominee for the Senate, Graham Platner, is facing yet another scandal after a woman publicly accused him of sexually assaulting her during an encounter in 2021.
Democrat Senator Ruben Gallego and Democrat Rep Ro Khanna both withdrew their endorsements of Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner after the latest sexual assault allegations. The post...
The new sexual assault allegation against Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has prompted a response from a key player in the left-wing media ecosystem: streaming giant Hasan...
Democrats Run For The Hills As New Platner Allegations Surface
'The Maine Democratic Party leadership stands with women and survivors, and that principle does not bend based on party affiliation,' leaders said.
Democrats and progressives on Monday called for Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner to end his Senate campaign amid a new accusation of sexual assault. "I’ve been very clear that sexu...
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner denied the sexual assault allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign.
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has been plagued by scandals and allegations, but he should end his campaign as he has now been accused of rape.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday called on Graham Platner to end his Senate bid in Maine after a disturbing rape allegation was leveled against him.
Rep. Ro Khanna called for Graham Platner to drop out of the Maine Senate race following a POLITICO report about an allegation of sexual assault.
Graham Platner, the Democrat running in the Maine Senate race looking to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, is facing fresh sexual assault allegations. The allegations were hin...
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is denying a new allegation of sexual assault, an explosive development injecting tumult into a race that is central to the Democratic Party’s...
In exclusive interviews with Politico, a Maine woman who dated Graham Platner claimed that he sexually assaulted her nearly five years ago, an allegation that the U.S. Senate candidate call...
The Maine Democrat called the allegation reported by Politico 'categorically false.'
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Platner "taking time to reflect" on his campaign after a new report detailing an allegation of sexual assault.
Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner said Monday he is reconsidering the future of his campaign after a woman who previously dated him accused him of sexual assault.
Rumors are swirling around Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after multiple campaign events were abruptly canceled to start the week. The cancellations and Platner’s troublin...
Graham Platner denies a new sexual-assault allegation, but Maine law hands Democrats a hard deadline to swap him out, and it lands this coming Monday.
Another accusation has rocked the Democratic Senate nominee's campaign to replace Republican Susan Collins.
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Now: Wording Gap is 87/99 and story health is stable · 37 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.