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Mamdani says embattled Platner should drop out of Senate race in Maine

Jul 7, 2026Center

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest Democratic lawmaker to say that Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee in the Maine Senate race, should drop out after a woman the candidate dated in 2021 accused him of sexual assault. “I believe that it’s time for him to drop out of the race,” Mamdani said of…

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