At a news conference in Lewiston, the Senate candidate-turned House candidate-turned Senate candidate pointed to his call last October for Graham Platner to end his campaign as an advantage in a general election against Susan Collins.
Ethan Wolin
Ethan Wolin from Washington, D.C., is a rising senior at Yale University where he served as the print managing editor for the Yale Daily News. He is assisting the Press Herald's politics team with election coverage this summer.
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Nirav Shah opens bid to win over Platner supporters
The former public health official, whom Graham Platner did not favor in the governor’s race, cast himself on Thursday as another outsider who largely shared Platner’s policy positions.
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A breakdown of what Graham Platner said while ending his Senate campaign
The 11-minute video in which Platner announced his withdrawal mirrored the insurgent campaign he ran for 11 months.
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Maine’s Democratic primary was over. With Platner out of the race, it’s back on.
Graham Platner’s campaign and the Maine Democratic Party are openly sparring as an assortment of defeated Democrats line up to replace Platner on the ballot.
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‘Hugely disappointing’: Maine Democratic voters react to Platner rape allegation
Supporters are reeling and party officials are contemplating how they would replace the 41-year-old oysterman if he decides to withdraw from the race.
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Accused of sexual assault, Graham Platner says he’s weighing ‘the best path forward’
His campaign was shaken by another scandal Monday afternoon, a week before a deadline for him to drop out of the Senate race and be replaced on the ballot.
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Here’s how the Times/Press Herald/Siena poll works, and how to read the full results
The poll of likely Maine voters, based on hundreds of phone calls, paints a detailed picture of Mainers’ attitudes 5 months before the general election.
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See how ranked-choice ballots moved to Pingree, Charles and Dunlap
Diagrams show the flow of ballots in 3 ranked-choice runoffs, 2 of which produced minor upsets.
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What it’s like to wait in person for Maine’s election results
Watching elections officials reconcile ranked-choice ballots is partway between tuning into a cooking demonstration and watching paint dry.
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Maine expects to announce winners in ranked-choice runoffs on Thursday
The process is being used to determine the winners in both gubernatorial races, and the Democratic primary in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.