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Maine secretary of state announces bid to replace Platner in Senate race
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 oyster farmer turned insurgent candidate, has suspended his campaign after being accused by a former girlfriend o...
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What happenedMaine secretary of state announces bid to replace Platner in Senate race.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Maine contenders: the Democrats who could replace Graham Platner". The right frames it as "Maine Democrats Think They Have Come Up With a Process to Replace Platner - Here's What W...".
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Left / center-leftMaine contenders: the Democrats who could replace Graham Platner
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CenterMaine secretary of state announces bid to replace Platner in Senate race
The Hill - Campaign · Center · News report
Right / center-rightIt's Not Just Democrats Who Have Lost Faith in the Free Market
Maine contenders: the Democrats who could replace Graham Platner
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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...
Maine secretary of state announces bid to replace Platner in Senate race
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Maine Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner suspended his campaign in an occasionally emotional, occasionally fiery, us-versus-them speech on Wednesday...
Graham Platner is a crisis of Democrats' own making
The deepening sexual misconduct scandal threatening to sink Maine Democrat Graham Platner's insurgent Senate bid is just the latest uncertainty to rock a race Democrats once felt was their...
