How Are Democrats Choosing Graham Platner's Replacement—and Who Could It Be?
The party has until July 27 to select a new nominee to go up against Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins in the midterms.

He was a bad candidate running on bad ideas.
The party has until July 27 to select a new nominee to go up against Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins in the midterms.
Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s withdrawal from the race for a US Senate seat unleashed a scramble by a handful of candidates who have little time to build support ahead of a convention the party is planning before a July 27 deadline to confirm a name on the ballot.
For months, many Democrats, “progressives,” leftists, and media figures stood by, or ran interference for, Graham Platner. They didn’t waver, even in the face of his Nazi tattoo, his verifiable lies about said Nazi tattoo, the contents of his appalling online footprint, his bogus “blue-collar” credentials, the sexting revelations, and even a New York Times…