Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall. "We're suspending campaign operations," Platner told his supporters in a lengthy video posted on social media Wednesday...
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall. "We're suspending campaign operations," Platner told his supporters in a lengthy video posted on social media Wednesday...
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