‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’: Inside the Implosion of the Platner Campaign
Source: NYT > U.S. > Politics · Bias: Center Left
Summary
Graham Platner’s bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
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