Graham Platner, Democratic US Senate candidate for Maine, during a primary election night event at the Blue Hill YMCA in Maine on June 9, 2026.
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Graham Platner is withdrawing as the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine after a credible rape allegation was made against him (Platner denies the allegation). I spoke to Maine writer Eoin Higgins about Platner’s rise and fall, the progressive politics that animated his campaign, and the upcoming scramble by the Democratic Party of Maine to find a new candidate.
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