The party has until July 27 to replace Platner in the key battleground Senate race.
Democrats have until 27 July to pick a new candidate to face Susan Collins in November – here are the options so farA month after he won Maine’s Democratic primary, Graham Platner, the oyster farmer turned insurgent candidate has suspended his campaign after being accused by a former girlfriend of severely sexually assaulting her in 2021 – an allegation he…
The decision came days after a woman accused him of sexual assault, an accusation he says is "categorically false".
Fellow Democrats pulled their support this week after published reports featured a woman who said Platner sexually assaulted her while intoxicated in 2021.
Maine Democrats are racing to salvage their bid to defeat Sen. Susan Collins after Graham Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday evening.
Maine state Rep. Valli Geiger, a Rockland Democrat, former nurse and former mayor, is drawing sudden national attention after saying Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner encouraged her to consider taking his place on the ballot in the Maine Senate race.
Platner's exit leaves Democrats scrambling to field a new candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins.
His decision comes days before a key deadline, allowing Maine’s Democratic Party to select a new candidate to face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a critical contest for Senate control.
