The Messy Rise of Graham Platner
The Maine oyster farmer’s dark years are a mounting liability for Democrats in their quest to gain control of the Senate.
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Controversy swirls around Graham Platner ahead of Maine Senate primary
Just days to go before the Senate primary in Maine, Democratic candidate Graham Platner insists he won't drop out of the race despite a new report from The New York Times in which three women who dated Platner detailed behavior they found "unsettling." It's the latest issue facing the fledgling political hopeful. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
House Democrat says Platner has ‘disqualified himself’ from Maine Senate race
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) said Friday that she believes Democrat Graham Platner has “disqualified himself” from the Maine Senate race amid a series of escalating allegations about his past behavior toward women. “I think it’s so distressing, all of the stories that are coming out, and they’re more and more it seems by the hour,”…
Platner shrugs off mounting controversies as ‘politically motivated’ and ‘false’ at rally
Maine’s under-fire Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner dismissed the mounting series of controversies rocking his campaign as “politically motivated” at a get-out-the-vote rally Friday. Platner’s campaign is taking on water after being hit with a slew of troubling allegations this week. Republicans are pouring money into the campaign of his opponent, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), […]
Amid Mounting Democratic Concern, Platner Says His Past Is Being ‘Weaponized’
The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine said the state would have his back in the face of accusations he has denied
What Do We Do With the Latest Revelations About Graham Platner?
The latest revelations have left Maine's voters in an unenviable position.
Is Graham Platner Too Messy to Flip Maine’s Senate Seat?
Some thought Graham Platner could be the future of the Democratic party. Now he's trying to get his campaign past another dumpster fire of his own making.






