Controversies aside, Graham Platner’s message threatens everything the ruling class has foisted on the rest of us for the past 45 years.
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Janet Mills is still getting my vote | Letter
In the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, I am casting my ballot for Janet Mills. Yes, I know she has suspended her campaign. She has not officially withdrawn. United States senator is not simply a position to aspire to; it is an office one earns from years of public service, demonstrated character and leadership. If […]
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Latest controversy dampens some Maine Democrats’ enthusiasm for Platner
Several voters who cast absentee ballots for the U.S. Senate candidate said they worry his text messages with women outside his marriage will be political fodder for Republicans in the general election.
Posted inElections, News
Democratic senators offer little about high-stakes meeting with Graham Platner
Platner was in Washington on Tuesday for a ‘long-planned’ meeting with Democratic senators likely to ask him about the recent reports on his past messages with various women.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
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A timeline of Graham Platner’s controversies during his Senate campaign
The Sullivan oyster farmer and military veteran has faced a series of embarrassing disclosures since launching his Senate campaign last summer.
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Perturbed by Platner while Trump is president? | Letter
So Graham Platner’s sexting has Republicans clutching their pearls but Mr. “grab them by the p***y” is just Trump being Trump? Paul MannDexter
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Graham Platner and the Jolly Roger | Letter
I am a writer who spent many summers on Lake Damariscotta. I think it’s important to point out that before I wrote a book about an escape from Auschwitz, I had no idea that the Nazis had commandeered what we Americans knew as the “Jolly Roger” as one of their deathly symbols. And neither did […]
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Maine Gov. Janet Mills: ‘I am still on the ballot’ for Senate
The statement comes as presumptive Democratic nominee Graham Platner, a 41-year-old political newcomer, faces renewed scrutiny over post-marital sexting with several women.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion, Steve Collins
Unfortunately for Graham Platner, he needs women on his side to win | Steve Collins
The bedrock of the Democratic coalition in Maine comprises women who lean left or center. If even one in five of them decides not to vote for Platner in November, he’s toast.