Maine Democrats weigh allegations as Graham Platner faces Senate primary

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday said he did not regret supporting former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) after a former girlfriend's accusations of sexual assault came to light and led the progressive candidate to drop his bid. CBS News's Margaret Brennan asked Sanders about his support for Platner on Sunday's "Face the Nation,"...

Troy Jackson, a former Republican turned progressive, backs "Medicare-for-all" and abolishing ICE as he nears the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine.

Paul LePage says Matt Dunlap "miscalculated" by aligning with Graham Platner, as Republicans weaponize the scandal in Maine's 2nd District race.

The fallout from the controversy surrounding Graham Platner’s exit from the Senate race in Maine has intensified an internal battle within the Democratic Party between progressives and a more centrist establishment. To many moderate Democrats, Platner’s withdrawal from the race underscored a point they have been trying to make in recent years: That in its attempts to...

With the Senate campaign of Maine’s Graham Platner blowing up in their faces, Democrats everywhere are giving each other tearful gobs of solace and advice.

Earlier this week, Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, was accused by a former partner of sexual assault. Platner denies the allegations, but on Wednesday, he suspended his campaign, accusing the “political establishment” of tanking his candidacy. But this is only the most recent scandal to have surfaced around Platner’s campaign — over the past year, the oyster farmer and combat veteran was revealed to have a tattoo that closely resembled a Totenkopf (a widely recognized Nazi symbol), a long paper trail of racist, misogynist and homophobic posts on Reddit, and in June, the New York Times published allegations from three former partners about Platner’s “toxic” behavior in their relationships, including, in several cases, physical intimidation (allegations Platner denied).As Democrats regroup and evaluate their dwindling chances to flip the Senate in November, hosts Kai Wright and Carter Sherman are joined by Guardian political reporters Lauren Gambino and Shrai Popat to ask why voters flocked to Platner, why they were reluctant to abandon him as the scandals came out — and what the whole mess says about who gets the privilege of political redemption. Continue reading...

Candidates are desperately trying to appeal to Graham Platner’s base. But they’re keeping Platner himself at arm’s length. The post Maine Senate Candidates Claim They’re Just Like Platner — But Entirely Different appeared first on The Intercept.

They believe the accuser, but they also grieve the demise of a campaign that promised that politics could be different — and they blame those who failed to find a less flawed candidate.

Graham Platner may drop out of the Maine Senate race, but his story is a stark warning that no candidate can outrun opposition research and social media scrutiny in 2026.

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. Platner’s decision comes after he easily won the Democratic primary despite a growing list of scandals, including revelations around a...

Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the populist Platner resembles Donald Trump in key ways.

There is explosive infighting in Maine as the result of the latest allegations against Maine's Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner and his refusal — thus far — to step down in the race. The post Explosive Infighting Erupts Between Maine Democrats and Graham Platner’s Campaign appeared first on Breitbart.

The scandals involving Graham Platner, still the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, continue. Nevertheless, Platner looks to be making demands. On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Platner should “step aside.” Platner has until next Monday to decide. Otherwise, his name remains on the ballot. Despite declining support from his once top supporter,...

Beleaguered Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner has been convening crisis meetings with his top campaign brass as he continues to hold the Democratic Party hostage by remaining in the race.

With Graham Platner’s campaign teetering from an allegation of sexual assault, there’s no shortage of people arguing that the 41-year-old Maine oysterman and progressive political neophyte was always too risky for a key Senate race

Democrats are scrambling to save what seemed like a winnable Senate race in Maine after Graham Platner's implosion in the wake of a new rape allegation against him. While Platner has denied the accusation and has yet to end his campaign, he is bleeding supporters and his days look numbered. His most prominent backer, Sen....

Even Graham Platner’s volunteers are reportedly closing the chapter on the politically troubled Maine Democratic Senate candidate.A damning new rape allegation emerged against Platner Monday evening, marring the Maine oyster farmer’s candidacy and prompting a slew of progressive lawmakers to revoke their endorsements of the firebrand.It was, apparently, the final straw for Platner’s team, who had largely stayed by his side through previous controversies, including the uproar over his Nazi-themed chest tattoo, prior accusations related to Platner’s heavy drinking, revelations about his extramarital sexting, and allegations from his former romantic partners about his violent propensities.Within hours of the Politico report, some 1,400 volunteers on Platner’s statewide organizing Discord server had called for him to withdraw from the race, reported Drop Site News Tuesday, noting that the cohort included door knockers, canvassers, digital organizers, and tablers.“I don’t necessarily want Graham to win. I want our political ideas to win. He is not coming back from this and we should find someone to carry on the ideals now,” Dante Cusolito, a volunteer and recent college graduate, told Drop Site. “People can be flawed and become better, but hanging your movement on the coattails of somebody credibly accused of sexual assault is the exact thing we are trying to be better than.”Instead, local political organizers are turning to former state Senator Troy Jackson, a Bernie Sanders–backed logger from northern Maine, as Platner’s possible replacement.A spokeswoman for Jackson, Christine Kirby, told Drop Site that their campaign had been flooded with calls, texts, and emails encouraging Jackson’s candidacy since the rape allegations emerged.“He is clearly the strongest option to replace Graham Platner and take on Susan Collins in the general election,” Kirby told Drop Site. “This movement is greater than any one person, it’s about a coalition of Maine people fighting for a future that doesn’t have to belong only to the wealthy and powerful. And Troy is up for the fight.”Jackson, who served as president of the Maine Senate from 2018 to 2024, came in third place in the Maine Democratic gubernatorial primary last month. By Tuesday, he had already repositioned himself, filing exploratory committee paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for a potential Senate run.But he’s not the only Mainer trying to throw his hat in the ring to supplant Platner. Bangor-born David Costello, who lost the state primary race to Platner last month, wrote on X that he’s “back in” to replace Collins if Platner formally withdraws.Nirav Shah, a visiting professor at Colby College who similarly failed to gain ground in Maine’s gubernatorial primary, also released a statement indicating his interest in the Senate race.

When Graham Platner met with Democratic senators last month to try to assuage fears that his troubled personal history would doom his Senate campaign, they pressed him on whether any additional allegations — such as those of sexual assault — were coming. Platner said there would be nothing credible. But on Monday, Politico published a […]

In their rush to find a strong candidate to run again Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Democrats should have more thoroughly vetted their party's nominee.

Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner is furiously debating with his campaign team and advisers whether to abandon the US Senate race challenging incumbent Republican Susan Collins.

A new poll from Monday shows that a majority of Maine voters say they want Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) to drop out if another scandal surfaces. Wedgewood Polls found in its latest survey on the Maine Senate race that 75 percent of Maine voters would want Platner to drop out following another scandal, with...

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is urging Graham Platner to bow out of the Maine Senate race after a new allegation of sexual assault surfaced -- the most serious blow yet to a campaign already defined by controversy.

The Democrat, who has withstood other scandals since launching his challenge to Sen. Susan Collins (R), is accused of sexual assault by a woman he previously dated.

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...

An overwhelming majority of Maine voters believe scandal-plagued Senate candidate Graham Platner should drop out if another negative story comes out about him The post Whopping Majority of Maine Voters Said They’d Ditch Graham Platner Over Another Scandal — Right Before Another Scandal Broke first appeared on Mediaite.

Maine Democrat Graham Platner said in a social media video he would reflect on “the best path forward” in his US Senate campaign following a new assault allegation published by Politico.

Democrat Graham Platner said Monday he is weighing the "best path forward" for his reeling U.S. Senate campaign in Maine after a woman who dated him said he forced her to have sex with him against her repeated objections.

Rumors are swirling on social media about the future of Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after several campaign events were canceled and a Politico report accused him of sexual assault ahead of a key deadline in the race.

The Maine Democratic Senate candidate has begun dropping campaign events from his schedule as a key deadline for replacing him on the ballot approaches.

Two major polls of the Maine Senate race dropped this week, and they told the same story: The race is incredibly close, and Democrat Graham Platner has real work to do among the working class. He’s running an aggressively left-populist, anti-establishment campaign targeting the billionaire class—and boasts lots of blue-collar appeal—but GOP Senator Susan Collins is way ahead among those voters. Why?The surveys—one from The New York Times, and the other from Fox News—offer good and bad news for Platner. But they’re worrying some Democrats, because a loss here deeply complicates the path to Senate control. Without Maine—which voted against Donald Trump by seven points in 2024—Democrats probably must win four out of five seats in Ohio, Texas, Alaska, Iowa, and North Carolina. Trump won all five states—most by lopsided margins—and now Democrats lead in the last but are tied or a bit behind in the others. The Times survey has Platner up two among likely voters overall, 49-47, and the Fox poll has Collins up three, 50-47. It’s a dead heat—it’s winnable, but he should probably be leading by more given the state’s Democratic lean, which is being outweighed by the brutal press he’s sustained over his Nazi-like tattoo and alleged violence against women.But note this: In the Times poll, Platner trails among voters without a college degree, a proxy for the working class, by 37-58. In the Fox poll, that’s 41-56. What’s driving this? One possibility: The Times poll has working-class voters saying Platner has “good character” by 37-57 and has “the right kind of moral values” by 36-57. On the plus side, Platner leads in the Times survey among women by 52-44, among young people by 59-32, and among college-educated voters by 66-32. But Platner’s candidacy is all about his blue-collar aura: He’s a tattooed oyster farmer who speaks openly—in that deep, gravelly voice—about his trauma from serving in combat. Though his backstory is somewhat more privileged (his father is an Ivy League graduate and lawyer), he speaks in a left-populist idiom that seeks to connect with working people’s struggles. So his numbers among them are concerning.Here’s the upshot: This race is awfully close, and importantly, Platner is running behind the Democratic Party as a whole in Maine. Voters there want a Democratic Senate by 54-42, so his 49 percent support lags that. By contrast, in Times polling, all the Democrats in other red states—Ohio, Texas, Alaska, Iowa, North Carolina—are outrunning their party.I talked about all this with Rebecca Katz, a top Platner adviser. Asked about his numbers with working-class voters, Katz noted that the race has been heavily nationalized, leading them to initially fall into their familiar pattern of opposition to Democrats. Many of these voters, Katz said, have been introduced to Platner via a massive barrage of negative ads and some very bad news cycles.Katz said the political landscape in Maine—a largely rural state where retail campaigning will really matter—provides Platner with a unique opportunity to grow among that demographic. She noted that he’s already done over 60 town halls in rural areas, and pointed to an intriguing dynamic: People in these areas are coming to listen.“They are curious about him,” Katz told me, noting that Graham is already somewhat outperforming losing 2020 Senate candidate Sara Gideon among working people.If one criticism of Democrats is that they don’t show up and talk to rural and working- class voters, well, Platner is certainly doing that. The theory seems to be that despite his bad stories, Platner is compelling enough to open the door to getting an audience with these constituencies, and then to reach them in a fresh way. “Graham is a different kind of candidate,” Katz said. “He grew up in a rural community. He’s one of the only candidates running who’s actually worked with his hands. He will continue to connect with more rural and conservative voters.” Asked to respond to the oft-heard argument that seeking working-class voters with Platner’s type of leftist politics is a chimera, Katz insisted this doesn’t jibe with what they’re seeing at town halls in working-class and rural areas.“Mainers are focused on their cost of living, health care, corruption, and whether anyone in Washington is actually fighting for working people,” said Katz, a founding partner of Fight Agency, the firm that does Platner’s media and strategy along with rising progressive strategist Morris Katz (no relation), who helped recruit Platner.In this understanding, Platner’s appeal can get these voters to at least listen to his agenda of breaking billionaire control over elections, Medicare for All, a more progressive tax system for small businesses and corporations alike, a billionaire minimum tax, and protecting and expanding social welfare programs. That agenda is somewhat to the left of many mainstream Democrats. But it’s aimed squarely at what’s really driving voter concerns, Katz notes, which matters more than the details, and Platner is the one to make that case.“There are people coming who are not into politics but are intrigued by Graham,” Katz said of the town halls. “He’s an outsider.” Asked to respond to Platner’s struggles with working people, Adam Green, the head of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee—an early booster of Platner’s candidacy—acknowledged that he has more work to do among them. But he cast this as an opportunity. “Most working-class people who are low-propensity voters don’t know him yet,” Green said. “But once they do, he’s an obvious fit for them.”Katz, for her part, said other big dynamics here deserve attention: This is likely to be a change election amid deep anger at establishment politicians. The Times poll finds 61 percent of Maine voters say the country is on the wrong track, 60 percent disapprove of Trump, large percentages say Collins is too old to serve, and Democrats hold a nearly 20-point enthusiasm edge. “The big question of this race is whether or not voters are willing to vote for change,” Katz said. The political graveyards are full of men—mostly men—who boasted of the right kind of populist and biographical appeal to reverse Democratic losses among working people. Indeed, different factions in the party are already battling over the meaning of Plattner’s candidacy, with progressives and socialists insisting it will show their agenda to be broadly popular and moderates insisting that chasing working-class voters with that sort of leftism is a fool’s errand.But, unsatsfyingly, the outcome is unlikely to turn on Platner’s precise policy prescriptions or his exact ideological leanings. It will more likely be decided whether Collins’s special hold on the Maine electorate is spent, particularly after her vote for Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh and the overturning of Roe v. Wade; whether Trump’s unpopularity will be enough to nudge voters to risk a different kind of challenger; whether he’s able to reach just enough persuadable voters to allay concerns about his past conduct; and a thousand other intangibles involving turnout and last-minute voter decisions. Ultimately, it may all turn on good old-fashioned shoe-leather politicking. And whatever you think of Platner, one thing that can’t be denied is this: He’s certainly willing to work hard enough to win.

Despite his controversial past, Graham Platner won the Democratic primary in Maine with 72 percent of the vote, and national Democrats must focus on winning back control of the House and Senate and providing Platner with the resources he needs to win, rather than trying to remove him from the race.

Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing yet more scrutiny after archived social media posts surfaced containing graphic remarks, controversial political statements, and comments about military veterans. The post Graham Platner Hit with Yet Another Controversy Over Graphic Reddit Comments appeared first on Breitbart.

Despite his controversial past, Graham Platner was chosen by Democratic voters in Maine to be their party's Senate nominee, demonstrating a trend of voters rewarding bad behavior and lowering the bar of acceptable behavior in politics.

Graham Platner won Maine's Democratic Senate primary despite scandals, raising questions about voter willingness to overlook personal controversies.

Graham Platner’s primary victory in Maine says more about the unpopularity of the Democratic party elite than any race to dateNot long after governor Janet Mills had effectively dropped out of the primary race, a storm grew around Platner’s campaign. Rightwing operatives and liberal media mouthpieces started singing in unison that Platner was unfit for office, flimsy allegations poured in accusing the candidate of all sorts of alleged misconduct with former girlfriends.Chris Hayes, of the uber-liberal MS NOW network, questioned whether Platner was going after underage girls. Not to be outdone, Mika Brzezinski of the same network compared his behavior with that of Jeffery Epstein. All of this after an earlier campaign that claimed the former Marine’s tattoo was indicative of his secret affection for Nazis. Continue reading...

Graham Platner’s candidacy as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine continues to draw headlines, including over new criticisms from fellow Maine Democrats. Paige Loud, who ran in the Democratic primary to represent Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, had strong words for Platner’s strategist, especially since she’s no longer a candidate. In addition, a woman...

The Issue: Graham Platner wins Maine’s Democratic Senate primary despite his long list of scandals.

A new woman has come forward with allegations about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, adding to the growing list of controversies surrounding his campaign. The New York Post says it corroborated key parts of her account, raising fresh questions just days after Platner secured the Democratic nomination. Meanwhile, President Trump says a peace deal with...

Last fall, Graham Platner — an oysterman running for the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Maine — landed in hot water, when some of his old Reddit posts, showing him blaming victims of sexual assault and calling himself a communist, surfaced. Then, there was a story about the Nazi imagery tattooed on his chest. […]

New scandals and allegations emerge against Democrat Graham Platner in Maine

Schumer and Gillibrand endorse Maine candidate Graham Platner after his primary win despite scandals including accusations of physical misconduct.

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) addressed the string of controversies about his past behavior on Wednesday, following his recent win in the state’s Democratic primary election.  “There’s nothing out there that’s actually concerning,” Platner, who is looking to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), said on MS NOW’s on “Morning Joe.”  “People will make...

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Graham Platner won Maine’s Senate primary as expected. But the various controversies around him have Democrats deeply concerned about his general election prospects. In the latest edition of Right Now, Billy Kobin, a political reporter at the Portland Press Herald, says that voters in Maine that he has interviewed are not too concerned about the new revelations about Platner’s personal conduct. In fact, some are angry at the national and local press covering those issues. Looking forward to the general election, Kobin says that he expects Platner to continue to lean into populist rhetoric and sharp attacks on incumbent Susan Collins, whose past Democratic opponents have tended to soft-pedal their criticism of the longtime senator.

Maine voters who backed Graham Platner in this week's primary appeared to overlook the Democrat's checkered past and the scandals plaguing his campaign. Political strategists Richard Goodstein and Alex Vogel join with their take on the latest political news.

Graham Platner’s fiery candidacy may fit the moment, but his baggage could sink Democrats' chances of taking back the Senate.

Platner faced some serious accusations throughout his campaign

Mr. Platner, an oyster farmer running for a Senate seat on a progressive platform, has drawn a large following among Democrats in Maine. His campaign has also surfaced damaging reports about his personal history.

Former campaign director says Graham Platner shouldn't be a senator, citing scandals ahead of Maine's Democratic primary against Susan Collins.

Former campaign director says Graham Platner shouldn't be a senator, citing scandals ahead of Maine's Democratic primary against Susan Collins.

Graham Platner remains defiant as he heads into the Maine Democratic Senate primary despite multiple controversies emerging linked to his past. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

Any indication of tepid support for Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, will be seen as a warning sign about his chances against Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent.

The oysterman maintains a strong base of support, but his scandals have left a bad taste with some Democratic and independent voters.

The poll comes as Platner's campaign faces mounting scrutiny amid allegations from some of his former romantic partners.

A Mamdani-linked strategist helping Graham Platner is facing scrutiny after past writings about sharing explicit sexual images resurfaced amid the U.S. Senate race in Maine.

Democratic voters in Maine are still voicing support for Graham Platner despite the string of scandals that have rocked his campaign for U.S. Senate. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from Maine a day ahead of the primary election there.

As Democrat Graham Platner is poised to officially win the party's nomination Tuesday, many Democratic voters continue to support his campaign despite multiple controversies.

Graham Platner is poised to win his party's Senate nomination Tuesday despite a campaign roiled by offensive Reddit posts he wrote years ago, a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, and more recent reports of unsettling behavior toward women -- a trajectory that would place him among a growing number of politicians whose personal failings have not derailed them at the ballot box.

Maine voters are split on whether Democrat Graham Platner's controversies, including a Nazi-linked tattoo and allegations, disqualify him from the Senate.

Dem Senate hopeful Graham Platner is facing a firestorm over everything from his treatment of women to rape fantasies and a Nazi-linked tattoo, but try telling that to the crowd at an Elks Lodge in Maine on Sunday.

Graham Platner remains defiant as he prepares for the Maine Democratic primary election. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more on how voters are reacting to the scandals plaguing his campaign.

Platner has been forced to grapple with reports about his past treatment of women just days before Maine’s crucial primary.

Democratic candidate Graham Platner is barreling into Maine's Senate primary despite multiple scandals plaguing his campaign. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns spoke to voters about his candidacy.

Democrat Graham Platner pushed back again over the weekend against allegations from a former girlfriend. The Maine Democrat appears poised to win his Senate primary Tuesday, setting up a key race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins that could impact the balance of power in Washington.

Many are sticking by the presumptive Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner. But some have soured, and others are anxious about how recent revelations could affect a close race.

Scandal-plagued US Senate Candidate Graham Platner's allies are standing by him, at least for now.

Some congressional Democrats expressed wariness about Maine candidate Graham Platner ahead of Tuesday’s Senate primary following the latest round of allegations about his behavior with women.

The Issue: Endorsements for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite multiple scandals. Any person in Maine who votes for Graham Platner will redefine the state’s affectionate moniker “Maine-iac” (“Graham’s ‘crackers,’ ” June 5). No one with a moral compass should vote for this guy. He has all types of baggage that should immediately disqualify him: He’s...

Democrat denies reports of physical intimidation towards women, saying his past has been ‘weaponized’The Democratic US senate candidate Graham Platner on Friday predicted that Maine’s voters would support him four days later in his party primary despite a string of controversies – including recent negative headlines about his treatment of women that he said had been “weaponized”.In a 25-minute speech before supporters in Bar Harbor, the oyster farmer and US marine combat veteran addressed the controversies around his personal conduct, which escalated on Thursday with a New York Times report in which three former romantic partners described disturbing behavior, including being physically intimidated by him. Continue reading...

Progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner is remaining defiant in the face of mounting scrutiny over his past, as Maine voters prepare to cast ballots in the upcoming Senate primaries and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) labels the latest allegations against her presumptive Democratic rival “troubling.” Platner returned to the campaign trail on Friday, a day after...

Maine voters are split on whether explosive allegations against Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner will affect their vote in Tuesday's primary.

Supporters brush off negative stories about the Democratic Senate candidate and rebut suggestions that he is the wrong person to take on GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

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.

New revelations about Graham Platner have left Democrats anxious.

Graham Platner is denying accusations of being physically rough with former girlfriends saying that report in The New York Times and other controversies are a sign his campaign is gaining momentum.

The party’s politicians, officials and strategists wrestled with how to respond to new reporting about Graham Platner, with worries rising about his vulnerabilities in a general election.

Democrat Graham Platner, who is running for Senate in Maine and would face Sen. Susan Collins if he wins the upcoming primary, is facing new allegations. The New York Times reports some women who previously dated Platner say they saw disturbing behavior. Platner denies the allegations.

Platner says claims in New York Times article of physical misconduct and offensive remarks ‘politically motivated’Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate, has rejected an explosive new report about his treatment of women, insisting that allegations of abusive behavior are “politically motivated”.Platner, a progressive running for election in Maine, was responding to a New York Times article published on Thursday that included an interview with a Republican operative who accused him of womanizing, physical misconduct and making troubling comments about rape. Continue reading...

Democratic senators repeatedly declined to say whether they still support Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner amid leaked explicit sexual messages.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner draws national attention but faces mounting controversies over his personal conduct and social media posts.

Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in a new memo is seeking to reassure his supporters, pointing to his fundraising and high polls to argue he can win the Maine Senate race despite a new sexting scandal that has prompted negative headlines. Democrats are marshaling support for Platner, a plain-spoken political newcomer challenging longtime Sen. Susan...

Democratic senators express confidence in Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite alleged sexting scandals and resurfaced online posts controversies.

Mr. Platner, the likely Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, met in Washington with several senators. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, dodged questions about his confidence in Mr. Platner.

Democratic candidate already cites PTSD for racist, sexist, homophobic online posts and has covered up Nazi tattooMidterm primaries – live results and updatesGraham Platner met on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in Washington DC as the embattled Maine Senate candidate contends with yet another revelation threatening his campaign, which is at the center of his party’s hopes of regaining control of Congress.Platner did not respond to questions from reporters and quickly entered a waiting car as he exited the meeting, which stretched for more than an hour and a half at the headquarters of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). A spokesperson for the DSCC did not respond to a request for comment. Continue reading...

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner met with Senate Democrats in Washington on Tuesday as he seeks to stem a wave of scandals and shore up support for his bid to flip a seat long at the top of Democrats’ wish list. Platner is under fresh scrutiny after reports surfaced that he sent sexually explicit...

Voters in Maine expressed dismay at the latest revelations to engulf the campaign of Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner but few said the news would change their vote.

Some Maine voters backing Graham Platner's Democratic bid for U.S. Senate don't appear to be dissuaded by the latest scandals plaguing his campaign. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, is pushing forward with his campaign despite a sexting scandal. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports on how it could impact the race and what voters are saying.

The compelling but controversial candidacy of Maine Democrat Graham Platner has taken yet another turn with little more than a week left before the Senate primary in the Pine Tree State. Platner is enmeshed in a sexting furor after The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported that the candidate has in the...