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Democrat Graham Platner suspends campaign for key US Senate race in Maine
The decision came days after a woman accused him of sexual assault, an accusation he says is "categorically false".
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Graham Platner suspends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation
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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.
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Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign
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Platner says he will suspend his Senate campaign in Maine
In a video posted on X, Graham Platner announced he is ending his Senate campaign after a woman accused him of sexual assault in 2021. Platner denied the allegation as “false” but said that he was suspending campaign operations. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
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Maine Democrat Graham Platner suspends Senate candidacy amid allegations
Fellow Democrats pulled their support this week after published reports featured a woman who said Platner sexually assaulted her while intoxicated in 2021.
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Senator John Fetterman Reacts to Graham Platner Dropping Out of the Maine Senate Race: ‘The Trash Took Itself Out’ (VIDEO)
Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania spoke to FOX News on the phone last night to react to the exit of Graham Platner from the Maine senate race. The post Senator John Fetterman Reacts to Graham Platner Dropping Out of the Maine Senate Race: ‘The Trash Took Itself Out’ (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall. “We’re suspending campaign operations,” Platner told his supporters in a lengthy video posted on social media…
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Who is Valli Geiger? Meet the Maine Dem in line to replace Graham Platner for the Senate
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Graham Platner DROPS OUT of pivotal Senate race after holding Democrats hostage
The beleaguered campaign of Graham Platner has come to an end after a woman he dated formerly accused him of sexual assault.Platner was seeking to defeat Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and help Democrats take back control of the U.S. Senate in the midterms before the bombshell report hit Monday. 'We are taking the time to reflect on the best path…
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