Platner, whose campaign was hit by series of negative headlines, to face Susan Collins in key midterm contest Graham Platner, a Marine veteran, oyster farmer and progressive activist, has scaled a mountain of personal controversies to win the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Maine.Victory on Tuesday caps a remarkable rise for a candidate who has…
Graham Platner, a scandal-plagued Marine combat veteran, won Maine's Democratic Senate primary Tuesday in a race that's seen as the party's best Senate pickup opportunity in November. Why it matters: Many Democratic strategists and elected officials worry that Platner has too much baggage to defeat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) — and that his candidacy will…
Mr. Platner, an oyster farmer running for a Senate seat on a progressive platform, has drawn a large following among Democrats in Maine. His campaign has also surfaced damaging reports about his personal history.
Progressive Democrat Graham Platner won the party’s Senate primary in Maine after a bruising campaign which became as much about his accusations of past misbehavior as it was voters’ top concerns.
The primary victories set up a race that could be key to Democrats' hopes of winning control of the Senate.
Graham Platner, the scandal-plagued Communist, won Maine's Democrat Senate Primary on Tuesday evening. The post Graham ‘Nazi Tattoo’ Platner Wins Maine’s Democrat Senate Primary – Will Face Off with Susan Collins appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
NBC News' projects that in Maine, Graham Platner has won the Democratic Senate primary, while in South Carolina the Republican governor's race will head for a runoff and Sen. Lindsey Graham holds off a challenger in his Senate primary. NBC News' Ryan Nobles has the latest election results.
Scandal-plagued oyster farmer Graham Platner easily won his Maine Democratic primary, but saw troubling defections from primary voters to Gov. Janet Mills (D), who stopped campaigning in April, and his low-tier rivals.
Graham Platner, a progressive oyster farmer and political newcomer whose campaign has been wrought with controversies, will face off this fall against Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, Decision Desk HQ projects. Collins, who is seeking a sixth term, was unchallenged on Tuesday, while Platner easily advanced from the Democratic primary despite…
Graham Platner wins Maine's Democratic Senate primary despite multiple controversies, setting up a challenge against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
