Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner is hosting his first major campaign event since media reports surfaced that he previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women while he was married. Platner, an oyster farmer and progressive activist, is key to the Democrats’ hopes to take back the U.S. Senate this year as the party needs him to defeat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Platner is appearing in Bar Harbor on Friday with progressive Rep. Ro Khanna of California and a pair of Democratic Maine candidates. It’s billed as a “get out the vote” rally.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, the insurgent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, held his first major campaign rally on Friday night as reports continue emerging about his history with women.
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Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published: 2026-06-05T23:22:03Z
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