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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.
Platner announced Wednesday evening that he will be dropping out of the Maine Senate race.
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 Democrat said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race after facing an allegation of sexual assault.
Graham Platner is facing mounting pressure to drop out of Maine's U.S. Senate race after a former girlfriend alleged he sexually assaulted her in late 2021.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday that he was suspending his campaign.
Democratic nominee, dogged by controversy since entering contest, says ‘for the movement to continue, it can’t be me’ Woman accuses Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner of sexual assault G...
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is suspending his campaign against GOP Sen. Susan Collins, after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her five years ago.
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.
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, 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...
Fellow Democrats pulled their support this week after published reports featured a woman who said Platner sexually assaulted her while intoxicated in 2021.
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...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — 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 ca...
Embattled Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner announced on Wednesday that he's suspending his campaign. Platner already faced a series of controversies before winning the Democ...
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...
Embattled Maine Democrat Graham Platner dropped out of the Senate race Wednesday, giving Democrats less than a month to find...
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...
Graham Platner is suspending his campaign, the embattled Maine Senate candidate announced in a video he posted on social media Wednesday evening. The post BREAKING: Graham Platner Posts Vid...
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...
He had lost significant support and financial backing among Democrats in the wake of a POLITICO report that a woman said he forced her to have sex. He denied the claim.
Maine Democrats must now replace Platner with less than four months until the midterm elections.
Platner’s exit kicks off a mad dash to find a candidate to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins
Populist Democrat Graham Platner has suspended his campaign to be Maine‘s next U.S. senator after a report published Monday in which a woman accused him of sexual assault. “We’re suspending...
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...
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The Maine Democratic Party on Wednesday voted to hold a convention should Democratic Graham Platner drop…
Maine state Rep. Valli Geiger said Graham Platner encouraged her to consider replacing him in the Senate race but he has not dropped out yet and others are being discussed.
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...
The questions surrounding Democrat Graham Platner have left a crucial U.S. Senate race unsettled just months before the midterm elections
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
As Democrats scramble to contain a political disaster in Maine, the Republicans on the front lines of the GOP’s fight to hold the U.S. Senate majority are breathing a sigh of relief.
The U.S. Senate candidate has until Monday to exit the race.
The Maine Democratic Party is working “around the clock” to replace Graham Platner, but as the Democrat Senate nominee, he has leverage—and he’s using it. A civil war is brewing in Maine. A...
Graham Platner easily won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine despite an array of scandals involving a Nazi tattoo, antisemitic horseplay, offensive online commentary, flagra...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell joined the chorus of lawmakers demanding that Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner step aside following a newly public all...
Actor Patrick Dempsey says he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, ending speculation about his potential candidacy
Actor Patrick Dempsey said Wednesday that he will not run for a Maine Senate seat, quashing speculation that the "Grey's Anatomy" star and People magazine's former Sexiest Man Alive was amo...
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