Senator Susan Collins, the only Republican seeking re-election in a state President Trump lost, steered clear of his convention as she distances herself from him and his record.
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His progressive, populist message was able to occupy a kind of middle ground in the party’s primary electorate.
‘He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me’
An ex-girlfriend of Democratic Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner alleged he had repeatedly removed condoms during sex without her consent, according to The Washington Post. Lyndsey Fifield said she dated the scandal-ridden candidate between 2013 and 2015 and alleged he would remove protection while they had sex “in a sneaky way,” the Post reported July 7. Fifield previously alleged that Platner conducted physical abuse against her in a now infamous New York Times story. (RELATED: Graham Platner Accuser Blasts NYT For Downplaying ‘Abusive’ Behavior As A ‘Gift’ To Dems) “He would pull condoms off,” Fifield told the Post. “He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me.” Platner’s campaign labeled the…Open
The left-populist Democrat says ‘the political establishment’ won’t let him win. The post Platner’s Fatal Dependence on Party Elites appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Platner’s Fatal Dependence on Party Elites The left-populist Democrat says ‘the political establishment’ won’t let him win. (Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images) Much has been written about the socialist shooting star that was Maine Democrat Graham Platner’s Senate candidacy, which raises questions for anti-establishment political figures of all stripes. Perhaps the biggest question is how Platner could so thoroughly rout his party’s governing class—he received nearly 72 percent of the vote against the state’s sitting governor, who was backed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer yet stopped…Open
Graham Platner officially withdrew from the Maine Senate race on Friday.
Democrat Graham Platner filed paperwork Friday to officially remove his name from the ballot, ending his tumultuous bid to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine. Why it matters: Platner's exit ahead of the Monday deadline clears the way for Democrats to name a replacement candidate in a race that is critical to their effort to win a Senate majority in November. - Platner's campaign posted a copy of the letter it sent to Maine's Secretary of State withdrawing from the race to X on Friday afternoon. - "On June 9, 156,084 Mainers voted for a new kind of politics. One that is representative of people down here in the real world — not billionaires, oligarchs or the political establishment," he wrote, adding, "In submitting this…
Democrats’ chances of taking back control of the Senate have suffered with recent developments in Maine and Michigan, complicating their chances of winning the two critical battlegrounds. The implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign in Maine has left Democrats scrambling for an opponent to challenge GOP incumbent Sen. Susan Collins less than four months out from Election Day. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5961901-democrats-senate-control-threatened/ #Congress #Senate #Democrats #AbdulElSayed #GrahamPlatner #Platner
The move paved the way for the party to choose a new nominee to challenge Senator Susan Collins in a race both parties see as key to the control of the Senate.
Graham Platner announced he's suspending his campaign leaving Maine Democrats scrambling for a candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins.