How Graham Platner’s complicated past shapes his run for U.S. Senate

His flamethrowing approach won him early momentum in the race. He’s endorsed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a progressive icon, and he continues to draw large crowds at town halls across the state.
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Graham Platner should consider changing course | Letter

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I have a dream. Graham Platner, that harbor master and oyster farmer from ...
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Platner courts progressives as Maine Senate race with Mills and Collins tightens

Liberal groups and senators are standing firm in their embrace of Graham Platner, even as the progressive outsider’s political baggage hangs over Maine’s Democratic Senate primary to take on incumbent ...
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Graham Platner, Maine Senate hopeful, takes his campaign to Helldivers 2

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (center) torches an alien insect while playing popular video game Helldivers 2 with Twitch streamers. (Screenshot via Courthouse News/Trihex on Twitch) WASHINGTON ...
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Poll gives Platner 20-point lead over Mills in Senate primary

(The Center Square) — Oyster farmer and political newcomer Graham Platner is leading Gov. Janet Mills in Maine's U.S. Senate Democratic primary race by 20 points, according to a new poll. The poll, ...
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Graham Platner’s chances of beating Susan Collins get huge boost

A new poll shows incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins trailing a Democratic challenger by eight points in the 2026 Maine Senate race. The poll, from Cygnal, pits Collins against a generic ...
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DeWitt: Is this the face of Democrats' future?

I’m in a jammed vintage movie theater in Portland, Maine, listening to an oyster farmer and former Marine talking about his recently removed tattoo — more on that later — and how he could be the ...