Platner’s Exit Sets Off Scramble for New Senate Candidate in Maine
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.

Graham Platner’s political demise has set off an unprecedented scramble to find a replacement to take on Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins, with at least six Democrats entering the wide-open field and less than four months until the November midterms.
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.
A growing number of Maine Democrats have announced bids for the Senate after candidate Graham Platner announced Wednesday he would be suspending his campaign in light of mounting allegations of sexual misconduct and assault — accusations he has denied. Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson and Maine Beer Company co-founder Dan Kleban both quickly…
A July 6 allegation of sexual assault appears to have been the final straw for Democratic support of Maine Senate...