Graham Platner will face Susan Collins in November’s Senate election, but results in Maine’s gubernatorial primaries and 2nd District House race aren’t yet clear.
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Maine Election Day is Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know.
Mainers will cast ballots in primaries for U.S. Senate, two congressional races, governor and dozens of legislative and local races.
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Lone Star State doings could benefit Susan Collins | Jim Fossel
If Democrats feel they have a better shot at defeating a controversial Senate nominee out west, they may consider shifting more resources from Maine.
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Last Sunday’s paper buried Platner story | Letter
How can the paper justify burying a major discovery about Graham Platner on the last page of the Maine/New England section (B) of the May 31 Maine Sunday Telegram? This verified story was carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other major news outlets such as CNN and CBS. Marshall JarvisYork […]
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Maine Democrats largely stand by Graham Platner amid D.C. worries
It’s full steam ahead for Platner after a week of scandalous stories.
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Platner’s past has no effect on my life | Letter
I really appreciated Douglas Rooks’ June 3 column, “To understand the manhunt against Platner, dig a little deeper.” Graham Platner’s posts, texts and tats have absolutely zero effect on my life. Things that do have an effect on my life, and on other people in Maine, across the country and around the world: Will we […]
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‘You have my back’: Graham Platner stays the course at Bar Harbor rally
The embattled U.S. Senate candidate spoke to a supportive crowd of hundreds at a Friday night event that also featured other Maine Democrats and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
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Ex-girlfriend at the center of Graham Platner’s latest scandal says she was ‘set up.’ He says she’s a political operative.
Lyndsey Fifield made the most explosive claims about Platner in Thursday’s New York Times story.
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Meet Genevieve McDonald, the former Graham Platner staffer who keeps criticizing him
Critics say she’s a turncoat. Friends say she’s just speaking her mind.
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Traitor Platner has no business serving in the Senate | Letter
I hunted deer in the “Big Woods” in Maine while staying at my uncle’s hunting lodge after I returned from Vietnam serving with the Marines, which brings me to senatorial candidate Graham Platner. Marine Platner is a disloyal disgrace to the Corps who violated his sworn oath to defend the United States. He and his […]