NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A poll released this week, in addition to showing a dead heat in the Maine Senate race, suggests that Democratic candidate Graham Platner’s working-class bona fides as an oyster farmer — which he has made a central part of his campaign — aren’t resonating. Platner currently trails … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s scandal-plagued rise is causing rifts within the Democratic Party, and several Democratic strategists who spoke to Fox News Digital warned of the long-term implications of the party embracing him. “Anyone paying attention to the intersection of culture and politics knows that … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, learned hard work in the dirt. When she was 10 years old, like several other children in Caribou, Maine, she left school to pick potato fields to aid farmers with the harvest deep in potato country in Aroostook County, dubbed “The County” … Read more
Kat Timpf: Planter’s scandals are ‘uniquely bizarre’ Jesse Watters and The Five panel discuss Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s string of scandals, including an ex-girlfriend’s claims that his Nazi tattoo represents ‘the US was the evil bad guy.’ The hosts also weigh in on Platner’s policies supporting universal healthcare and gender-affirming care, arguing his political … Read more
Primary day wrapping up in Maine as voters grapple with Graham Platner’s scandals – CBS News Watch CBS News Democrats in Maine appear poised to officially choose Graham Platner as their nominee to take on Republican Susan Collins for her U.S. Senate seat. CBS News’ Caitlin Huey-Burns and Robert Costa have more. Source link
Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s yet another primary day, with voters in four … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner shouldn’t be elected to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate, a former high-level staffer for the embattled Democratic candidate told voters just hours before polls opened in the state’s Tuesday primary. Genevieve McDonald, once a Maine state representative who worked briefly as Platner’s campaign director … Read more
Graham Platner’s Maine primary to win the Democratic Senate nomination is occurring as more details about his past continue to emerge. Key races are also occurring in South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota. CBS News’ Fin Gómez, Skyler Henry and Anthony Salvanto have the latest. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LEWISTON, ME – As Maine voters head to the polls Tuesday to nominate a Democratic Senate candidate, a Republican lawmaker in the state says that Maine voters should be most concerned with the policies of Graham Platner, even though his political baggage has received most of the … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, repeatedly declined to weigh in on Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s sexting controversy last week, opting to keep her distance from the escalating scandal as Maine voters head to the polls Tuesday. “I really have nothing to add to it,” Collins told Fox … Read more