The red flag that led to Graham Platner’s collapse was hiding in plain sight. Maine Democrat Graham Platner quit his U.S. Senate campaign on Wednesday. For months, a 2024 Facebook post cautioning women against dating Platner, the Democratic nominee for the Senate in Maine, had been circulating among the political class in the state and … Read more
Maine Democrats race to find Senate candidate’s replacement Graham Plattner after he suspended his campaign sexual assault The accusations leave the party with little time to choose a new nominee before the November election. Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Plattner speaks during a campaign town hall meeting in Portland, Maine, USA. (Reuters) Plattner announced on … Read more
Graham Plattner has endured more scandals in six months than many politicians endure in a lifetime. A Senate candidate from Maine (pictured) has faced controversy over tattoos linked to Nazism and his past bigoted social media posts. Now he’s in trouble for explicit messages he apparently sent to women on Kik, a messaging app with … Read more