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Controversy Swirls Around Maine Senate Candidate’s Explicit Texts

Jun 1, 2026Center Left

Fresh controversy is swirling around Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after his sexually explicit texts to multiple women were revealed. On Saturday, his wife posted a video defending her husband. Graham is trying to unseat long-time Republican incumbent senator Susan Collins in what’s expected to be a critical battle for control of the…

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Graham Platner homes in on Susan Collins’s financial disclosures after weekend playing defense over explicit texts

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Jun 1, 2026

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Graham Platner homes in on Susan Collins’s financial disclosures after weekend playing defense over explicit texts

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is pointing fingers at incumbent Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-ME) stock assets as he seeks to shift voters’ eyes from another controversy plaguing his campaign this weekend. News broke this weekend that Platner’s wife previously told his former political director she was aware of sexually explicit messages that…

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