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Graham Platner Is Testing a New Strategy to Defeat Susan Collins

Jun 10, 2026Left

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Graham Platner won Maine’s Senate primary as expected. But the various controversies around him have Democrats deeply concerned about his general election prospects. In the latest edition of Right Now, Billy Kobin, a political reporter at the…

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