It’s disheartening to watch the Democratic primary atrophy like this.
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In race between Susan Collins and Graham Platner, where do moderates turn?
Some supporters of Janet Mills are slow to warm to the near-certain Democratic nominee for Senate.
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I am not impressed with Susan Collins | Letter
Susan Collins’ performance in the Senate never impressed me. She promised only two terms and is campaigning for her sixth. Collins has proven her ability to swim with the sharks and willingly taken “dark money” from the likes of Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society. Collins failed the people of Maine and the country when […]
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In Maine Senate race, pick the workhorse over the show pony | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins must go. Who should replace her: workhorse Janet Mills or show pony Graham Platner? Platner’s ahead in the polls. He’s a compelling campaigner. But he’s like Bernie Sanders: all talk, no action. In Sanders’ 35 years in Congress, he’s passed just three bills, two of which renamed post offices in Vermont. Sanders […]
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With Mills out, Maine Democratic convention is colored in shades of Platner
‘He’s saying everything I want to hear,’ one delegate, a Mills fan, said.
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Janet Mills will not fold before Trump | Letter
It is an unprecedented time in American history when, as a nation, we have witnessed President Donald Trump’s epic incompetence and corruption and an administration that has been abetted and absolved by the cowardice of a Republican Congress. Janet Mills told Donald Trump to his face at the White House, “See you in court!,” when […]
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Saluting Janet Mills, a leader beyond compare | Opinion
Her track record of helping Mainers will be very hard to match.
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Graham Platner or Susan Collins? Maine has never had a choice like this.
The unusual nature of this race will bring national money and attention to Maine. Political analysts say the candidates are the perfect contrast in styles.
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Who’s endorsing Graham Platner now, and who still isn’t backing him?
With Gov. Janet Mills out of the Democratic primary, an array of Maine Democrats came out Thursday and Friday in support of Platner’s bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
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Live updates: Platner vs. Collins Senate race starts to take shape after Mills’ exit
Both the Republican senator and the Democratic candidate made appearances in southern Maine on Friday morning, a day after the governor ended her campaign.