Maine Dems planning convention for next candidate after scandal-ridden Graham Platner drops out of Senate race
Platner announced Wednesday evening that he will be dropping out of the Maine Senate race.

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…
Platner announced Wednesday evening that he will be dropping out of the Maine Senate race.
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.
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.
He had lost significant support and financial backing among Democrats in the wake of a POLITICO report that a woman said he forced her to have sex. He denied the claim.
Platner's exit leaves Democrats scrambling to field a new candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins.
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.
Fellow Democrats pulled their support this week after published reports featured a woman who said Platner sexually assaulted her while intoxicated in 2021.
The decision came days after a woman accused him of sexual assault, an accusation he says is "categorically false".
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…