AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Patrick Dempsey says no to Maine Senate bid as Democrats scramble to replace scandal-plagued nominee
Actor Patrick Dempsey shut down a growing push to draft him into Maine's U.S. Senate race, leaving Democrats without a viable candidate to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins after their nominee dropped out under a cloud of sexual assault allegations. Dempsey, the 60-year-old Grey's Anatomy star and Maine native, published an op-ed in the Portland […] The post Patrick Dempsey says no to Maine Senate bid as Democrats scramble to replace scandal-plagued nominee appeared first on American Almanac .
Actor Patrick Dempsey shut down a growing push to draft him into Maine's U.S. Senate race, leaving Democrats without a viable candidate to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins after their nominee dropped out under a cloud of sexual assault allegations. Dempsey, the 60-year-old Grey's Anatomy star and Maine native, published an op-ed in the Portland Press Herald on July 8 titled "Why I'm Not Running for U.S. Senate." His answer was direct. "After a lot of thought, I realized the answer is no," the New York Post reported him writing. "Not because public service isn't honorable, it absolutely is. But because I believe I can contribute more effectively through the life I've already built." The draft-Dempsey push started after Graham…Open