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Voters in Four States Cast Primary Ballots, Including Maine Senate Race Rated as Toss-Up
Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota hold primary elections Tuesday, including a closely watched Senate contest in Maine.
Jun 9, 6:00 AM·3m read8 sources
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=== LATEST DEVELOPMENT (the current news — lead the headline and first paragraph with THIS) === [@ABC] Maine voters will decide on Tuesday whether oyster farmer Graham Platner — who has been fighting ... Maine voters will decide on Tuesday whether oyster farmer Graham Platner — who has been fighting controversies throughout his campaign —will be the Democratic Party's nominee to take on longtime Republican Sen.
Susan Collins in November.
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[NPR] Maine's Democratic voters have a choice to make on Graham Platner As Democrat Graham Platner is poised to officially win the party's nomination Tuesday, many Democratic voters continue to support his campaign despite multiple controversies.
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[CBS News] Platner seeks Democratic nomination to take on Sen. Collins in closely watched race Maine Democrat Graham Platner is seeking to make the nomination official to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.
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[Los Angeles Times] Can Democrats take the Senate? Maine voters may provide a clue Democrat Graham Platner appears likely to become the party's nominee against Sen. Susan Collins. Platner has been accused of engaging in volatile behavior with women, among other controversies.
=== EARLIER COVERAGE / BACKGROUND (context only — do NOT lead with this) === Voters in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota cast ballots Tuesday in primaries that include one of the most closely watched Senate contests of the cycle. Maine Democrat Graham Platner, a 41-year-old military veteran and oyster farmer, is seeking the party's nomination to face Republican Sen.
Susan Collins in November.
Collins has held the seat since 1997. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the general election a toss-up. New allegations against Platner surfaced in the week before the primary. The Wall Street Journal reported that Platner's wife told his campaign he had sent sexually explicit text messages to other women shortly after the couple married in 2023.
