Maine Democrats Seek to Replace Platner Amid Campaign Collapse
Democrats in Maine aim to fill the void left by Platner's faltering campaign.
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Leading Maine Democratic Senate candidates joined hundreds of protesters calling to abolish ICE after federal agents fatally shot a man in Biddeford.
Platner’s implosion may actually help the party in the long term.
Maine Democrats are now building from scratch a candidate selection process in a race that could decide who controls the United States Senate.
We don’t need fewer amateurs running for office. We need far more of them, recruited seriously Graham Platner is out of the Maine Senate race, burdened by controversies that include a troubling rape accusation, which he denies. His departure is no doubt a good thing that will make it easier for Democrats to win back the Senate. But progressives should pay attention to the discussion around Platner. His collapse is being turned into something larger, supposed proof that people from outside politics have no business being in it. Continue reading...
Platner had entered the race as an outsider and was seen as riding a progressive, anti-establishment wave of support.