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Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
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Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Many Democrats had already questioned Platner's fitness for office before Politico reported on Monday that a woman accused him of forcing her to have sex with him nearly five years ago.
Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine on Wednesday promised to formally withdraw from the race, after a string of controversies including an accusation of sexual assault plunged...
Now that a liberal woman has credibly accused him of rape, the rats have deserted the sinking ship and the Democrat-endorsed US Senate candidate for Maine has dropped out.
Graham Platner said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after facing an allegation of sexual assault, shuttering an insurgent campaign that had withstood...
The decision came days after a woman accused him of sexual assault, an accusation he says is "categorically false".
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
John Fetterman calls Graham Platner a "dead man walking" and demands Bernie Sanders apologize for endorsing the scandal-plagued Maine candidate.
Platner's insurgent campaign had withstood months of controversy only to implode and imperil Democrats’ attempt to regain power in Washington.
Graham Platner denies the allegation. Democrats have until July 27 to select another nominee in a race considered critical for control of the narrowly divided U.S. Senate.
The candidate suspended his campaign while maintaining assault allegations against him were "not real"
Democrats have until 27 July to pick a new candidate to face Susan Collins in November – here are the options so far A month after he won Maine’s Democratic primary, Graham Platner, the oys...
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Senate Majority PAC had abandoned Graham Platner in the wake of POLITICO’s report of a sexual assault allegation.
WASHINGTON >> Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine suspended his campaign today following a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault, that have plun...
Platner’s exit will most likely force a reckoning within the party, which has been divided between its moderate and progressive factions, when it is struggling to unify.
Platner’s exit kicks off a mad dash to find a candidate to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has suspended his campaign following sexual assault allegations. He has denied all claims. The 41-year-old announced his decision in a socia...
Maine Democrats must now replace Platner with less than four months until the midterm elections.
Maine Democrat Graham Platner announced Wednesday that he is "suspending campaign operations" for his Senate bid. Platner indicated that he intends to withdraw from the race — but said the...
Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out of Maine’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, two days after an accusation of sexual assault tanked support from his party. “This is incredibly dif...
GRAHAM Platner has quit his Senate race after a bombshell rape allegation triggered a Democratic revolt and threw the party’s hopes of flipping a key seat into chaos. The newcomer bowed out...
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson unloaded on Graham Platner's denial of damning allegations as he suspended his campaign. Platner announced he's suspending his Democratic campaign fo...
Populist Democrat blames ‘corporate media system’ and the ‘political establishment’ for demise of his campaign in Maine
Graham Platner has dropped out of the Maine Senate race after accusations of sexual assault
Anti-Israel Democratic candidate with covered-over Nazi tattoo exits amid sexual assault allegations. --
Platner dropped out of the competitive campaign after a former girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.
Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out of Maine’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, two days after an accusation of sexual assault tanked support from his party. “This is incredibly dif...
Graham Platner dropped out of the Maine Senate race on Wednesday evening, two days after allegations arose that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021.
The Maine Democratic Party announced on Wednesday plans to hold a nominating convention to select its candidate for U.S. Senate as former nominee Graham Platner’s decision to exit the race...
The Maine Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
The Maine Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
The Maine Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
The Maine Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
The Maine Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
The Maine Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
Platner denied the allegations when they surfaced Monday, but prominent Democrats and longtime supporters called on him to resign.
Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out of Maine’s U.S. Senate race on Wednesday, two days after an accusation of sexual assault tanked support from his party. “This is incredibly dif...
He said the process to replace him needs to be “open, transparent and democratic.”
The Maine Democrat denied new allegations of sexual assault but conceding that he couldn’t keep running after his party abandoned him.
The beleaguered campaign of Graham Platner has come to an end after a woman he dated formerly accused him of sexual assault. Platner was seeking to defeat Republican Sen. Susan Collins of M...
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
The Democratic candidate who challenged incumbent Republican Susan Collins will be replaced by the state party in the coming weeks
In a video posted on X, Graham Platner announced he is ending his Senate campaign after a woman accused him of sexual assault in 2021. Platner denied the allegation as “false” but said that...
Democrats have won their battle with woman-abuser and Nqzi candidate Graham Platner, as he just announced he’s dropping out of the race for Senate in Maine. Now they can ignore the voters...
Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner has suspended his campaign amid widespread calls to drop out due to sexual assault […]
Platner stressed that his decision was not an admission of guilt.
Platner, the Democratic Senate nominee for Maine and the party's hope to flip a Republican-held seat, ended his campaign following a rape allegation. He has denied the accusations.
Graham Platner (D) suspended his campaign on Wednesday after scores of Democrats called him to step down due to sexual assault allegations.
Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race, will suspend his campaign amid allegations of sexual assault from past girlfriends. Platner announced he would end...
At a pivotal time of division within the party, Maine Democrats have until July 27 to name a replacement
Platner maintained his innocence and accused his political enemies of orchestrating the allegation of sexual assault that drove him from the race.
Embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner dropped out of the Senate race Wednesday, giving Democrats less than a month to find...
Platner's exit leaves Democrats scrambling to field a new candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins.
Fellow Democrats pulled their support this week after published reports featured a woman who said Platner sexually assaulted her while intoxicated in 2021.
Democrat Graham Platner has announced that he is withdrawing from the Maine Senate race following an escalating wave of sexual assault allegations.
The Democratic candidate was running for the Senate in Maine.
Graham Platner has been forced out of the Maine Senate race after he won over 70% of the vote in the state's Democratic primary.
Maine’s embattled Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race on Wednesday after a former partner accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. “We believe for the mo...
Graham Platner said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
Graham Platner suspended his US Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation that caused his support from fellow Democrats to collapse, throwing a crucial race for the par...
"I intend to file my paperwork to withdraw.” The post Graham Platner: ‘We are Suspending Campaign Operations’ first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Democrat Graham Platner says he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after a woman who dated him said he drunkenly forced her to have sex despite her telling him to stop.
Platner's campaign to unseat GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine was marked by repeated scandals. It came to a crashing halt after the allegation led top Democrats to withdraw their support.
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a...
Claims of sexual assault added to the pile of scandals dogging the oyster farmer and Marine Corps veteran.
Two days after a woman accused Graham Platner of rape, he had not given up his Senate nomination in Maine, even as state Democrats announced plans to hold a nominating convention if he step...
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a...
Platner announced he was leaving the race in a video posted to X.
Graham Platner is suspending his campaign, the embattled Maine Senate candidate announced in a video he posted on social media Wednesday evening. The post Graham Platner Posts Video Saying...
Graham Platner, who until recently was the Democratic Party nominee for the US Senate in Maine, dropped out of the race on Wednesday after he was accused of rape. "I intend to file the pape...
Democrats' brief experiment in letting their hair down and nominating a Senate candidate who makes them feel edgy has all but concluded.
Graham Platner bowed out of the Maine Senate race, clearing the way for Democrats to install a new nominee against Sen. Susan Collins in a marquee contest that could help determine control...
Graham Platner Drops Out Of Senate Race
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner dropped his Senate bid Tuesday after a previous girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.
During a video on X, Graham Platner has resigned. Most people understand the dynamic with Graham Platner has come down to price. How much are the Communists going to have to pay to get the...
The Maine Democratic Party and Graham Platner's campaign are locked in a bitter dispute as allegations of rape and internal party maneuvers threaten the party's Senate race strategy.
Leland Vittert Demolishes Democrats for Enabling Platner Disaster As liberal media outlets and the Democratic Party continue damage control around their Graham Platner disaster, this Wednes...
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