Scandal-Plagued Graham Platner Wins Maine Democratic Senate Primary With 72 Percent, Will Face Susan Collins
Graham Platner secured the Democratic nomination Tuesday and will face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins in November. He addressed past allegations during a Wednesday television appearance.
Washington ExaminerU.S. Senate in Maine on Tuesday night with 72 percent of the vote. He will challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, in the November general election.
Platner appeared on MS Now’s Morning Joe on Wednesday. He said critics were attempting to shift attention away from economic pressures facing residents. “They continue to try to make this race about me, and what they fail to understand is, it’s not about me at all.
It’s about us. It’s about Maine,” Platner said. ” Throughout the campaign, Platner has faced allegations including racism, accusations involving Nazi symbolism, claims of infidelity, and reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with women who were not his wife.
Platner argued that the focus on those matters served to sideline discussion of wages and housing costs. “This is what everyone wants to make the campaign about so we do not talk about the struggles of working Mainers,” he said. ” “I think that matters a lot more than the details of my relationship before I ran for United States Senate,” Platner said.
