Democratic odds to hold the US Senate seat in Maine have risen significantly in the last day.
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is denying a new allegation of sexual assault, an explosive development injecting tumult into a race that is central to the Democratic Party’s path to winning back the Senate. Despite the denial, Platner said in a video that he is taking “time to reflect on the best path forward” with his candidacy.
Democrats weigh options as controversial Senate nominee faces calls to drop out of race after sexual assault allegationUS politics live – latest updatesTop Democrats are considering their options as Graham Platner, the party’s candidate for US Senate in Maine, faces growing calls to withdraw after a sexual assault allegation.While Platner has denied the…
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Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week. If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.
Despite winning the Democratic primary in Maine last month, Senate candidate Graham Platner could be off the ballot in November after a Politico story published on Monday detailed a woman accusing him of sexual assault. July 13 is the deadline for Platner to withdraw from the race and have a replacement, according to the Maine…
Democrats are abandoning Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner in droves after detailed new sexual assault allegations in what looks like a coordinated effort to get him to drop out by July 13, the deadline for replacing him on the ballot under state law. The party managed to force a similar switch after then-President Joe Biden…
Platner denied the alleged sexual assault, but said he is “mindful" of the political reality and is “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.”
