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Maine Democrats are facing a ticking clock to find a new candidate to go up against GOP Sen. Susan Collins this fall, after Graham Platner dropped out of the race following a sexual assault allegation.
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Maine Democrats are facing a ticking clock to find a new candidate to go up against GOP Sen. Susan Collins this fall, after Graham Platner dropped out of the race following a sexual assault...
Graham Platner’s bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) urged Democrats to move on from Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, after Platner was accused of sexual assault and said he was dropping out of his race....
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The party has until July 27 to select a new nominee to go up against Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins in the midterms.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
“We continued to ask Graham for the billionth time in this race if there was any information he had not shared,” says one adviser. “He continued to say no.”
Graham Platner built a grassroots movement in Maine. As Maine Democrats weigh what's next now that he's exited the race, winning that support will be key.
The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate campaign in Maine has state Democrats wrestling with questions over candidate vetting and whether the next nominee should come from the party’s moder...
Dr. Nirav Shah, the former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, officially launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday morning. Shah is running to step i...
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