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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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Maine Democrat Graham Platner suspends Senate candidacy amid allegations
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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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Graham Platner Suspended His Senate Campaign. Here’s What’s Next for Democrats.
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Graham Platner says he's "suspending" Maine Senate bid
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…
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Graham Platner suspends Maine Senate campaign after sexual assault allegation
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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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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Graham Platner Drops Out of Maine Senate Race After Sexual Assault Allegations
Platner's exit leaves Democrats scrambling to field a new candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins.
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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
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.
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Maine Democrats' plan comes to light after Platner makes big announcement
Maine Democrats have their work cut out for them this week after Graham Platner, who was accused of rape on Monday by an ex-girlfriend, took one more step toward exiting the campaign. On Wednesday night, Platner posted an 11-minute video on social media explaining that he was "suspending campaign operations."'What comes next needs to come from the…
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