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It’s Time for Maine to Ditch Platner — But Not the Politics That Won Over Voters

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By Eoin Higgins Verified
| The Intercept Verified
Eoin Higgins is the author of “Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voice on the Left.” The day Graham Platner became Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee, he spoke behind a podium bearing his indignant campaign slogan: “They don’t know Maine.” But when sexual assault allegations against the candidate broke this week, supporters and political allies in the state were left wondering instead if they ever really knew Platner — and uncertain about what’s next for the movement...
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Game over

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By Eoin Higgins Verified
| Substack
Welcome to The Flashpoint. It’s all over but the crying for Maine Democrat Graham Platner, whose upstart primary campaign for US Senate made him a national figure. On Monday, Politico reported allegations of sexual assault from a former partner of Platner’s that are damning and credible. You can read the story here. In the article, Platner’s team sounds a defiant note; after it was published, he released a video sounding a more cautious note and all but acknowledging the campaign is over.
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Graham Platner Inspired Another Left-Wing Veteran to Take On an Establishment Dem

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By Eoin Higgins Verified
| Reader Supported News
Alex Scheel is running an anti-war campaign to unseat incumbent Rep. Marilyn Strickland. He’s also a longtime member of the DSA in Washington state. When Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner sealed the deal on his resounding primary victory in June, the oysterman turned political lightning rod sounded a note of defiance — one that resonated with another would-be candidate on the other side of the country.
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