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Graham Platner may drop out of the Maine Senate race, but his story is a stark warning that no candidate can outrun opposition research and social media scrutiny in 2026.
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Mr. Platner's withdrawal, which comes after a woman accused him of rape, creates deep uncertainty in a race that both parties see as crucial to their hopes of winning the Senate.
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The deadline to pick a new nominee is July 27 and candidates are already lining up. State party leaders said they would hold some form of nominating convention.
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Maine state Rep. Valli Geiger, a Rockland Democrat, former nurse and former mayor, is drawing sudden national attention after saying Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner encouraged her to consider taking his place on the ballot in the Maine Senate race.
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A Martinez speaks with former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat who campaigned for Graham Platner and filed to become a potential replacement for Platner on the U.S. Senate ballot.
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"Graham Platner announces the real victim in all of this is Graham Platner," one social media user summed it up.
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Platner announced Wednesday evening that he will be dropping out of the Maine Senate race.
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Two days after a woman accused Graham Platner of rape, he had not given up his nomination for Senate in Maine, raising worries about whether and how his party might find a replacement.
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Former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson has filed to replace Graham Platner on the U.S. Senate ballot in Maine after Platner's girlfriend accused him of sexual assault.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that he hopes to replace Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee with Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland and aims to set up a floor vote on the issue this afternoon, which Republicans are expected to block.
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