Graham Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination.
Graham Platner's move to suspend his Senate campaign after a sexual assault allegation has prompted a mad dash in Maine, as Democrats position themselves as replacements to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.
Maine Democrats are racing to salvage their bid to defeat Sen. Susan Collins after Graham Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday evening.
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The party has until July 27 to replace Platner in the key battleground Senate race.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) on Thursday launched her campaign to take the place of Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine. In a statement after Platner’s exit, Bellows, who unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in 2014, said the people of her state “have been building a movement that…
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.
Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Democratic Party's role in naming a new nominee after Graham Platner's withdrawal from the Maine Senate race. NBC News' Ryan Nobles and Sahil Kapur discuss their reporting on what led up to Platner’s withdrawal and where Democrats in the Pine Tree State could go from here.
A July 6 allegation of sexual assault appears to have been the final straw for Democratic support of Maine Senate...
