Former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson has filed to replace Graham Platner on the U.S. Senate ballot in Maine after Platner's girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.
Democrat Troy Jackson moved one step closer to running to replace embattled Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner by filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to fundraise for a possible bid. Jackson, who finished third in last month’s gubernatorial primary, is seen as the progressive candidate most acceptable to Platner’s base of support. The…
Maine Democrat Graham Platner announced Wednesday that he is "suspending campaign operations" for his Senate bid.Platner indicated that he intends to withdraw from the race — but said the process to replace him "needs to be driven not from back rooms, but by the will of the people."Why it matters: His apparent departure — following a sexual assault…
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…
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.
Troy Jackson, a former state lawmaker, is seeking to center himself as the best candidate to replace Graham Platner if he exits the Maine Senate race following a new accusation of sexual assault against the Democratic nominee. The former Maine Senate president acknowledged the “challenge” of a new candidate entering so late into this race…
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is suspending his campaign against GOP Sen. Susan Collins, after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her five years ago.
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.
