Democratic candidates had been strategizing about the party’s snap primary to find a new U.S. Senate candidate. They were forced to pivot to immigration after a federal agent killed a Biddeford man.
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Jordan Wood ‘paid a price’ for condemning Platner. Now he hopes it pays off.
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.
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Protesters storm Susan Collins’ Biddeford office after federal agent shot man
The protest was part of a larger demonstration in response to a deadly shooting involving federal immigration agents Monday.
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Susan Collins says she has no ‘preference or prediction’ on Democratic opponent
Maine’s Republican senator said Saturday she has no opinion on the process Democrats are using to replace Graham Platner in the Senate race.
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Maine Democrats planning 600-person convention to replace Graham Platner
The U.S. Senate candidate announced Wednesday that he was exiting the race. Now, the party must choose a replacement to face Sen. Susan Collins in November.
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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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Do Mainers care about Graham Platner’s controversies? Here’s what our poll found.
The vast majority of Mainers have heard at least a bit about the U.S. Senate candidate’s personal history.
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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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Graham Platner and Susan Collins are neck and neck, Times/Press Herald/Siena poll shows
Platner holds a slight lead over Collins in Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, but it’s within the margin of error.
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These 6 charts sum up results of Times/Press Herald/Siena poll
Maine voters weighed in on topics ranging from the competitive US Senate race to President Donald Trump’s handling of key issues.