Graham Platner’s Maine Senate bid wobbly with news of sexting infidelity

Graham Platner met on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in Washington DC as the embattled Maine Senate candidate contends with yet another revelation threatening his campaign, which is at the center of his party’s hopes of regaining control of Congress. Platner did not respond to questions from reporters and quickly entered a waiting car as he exited the meeting, which stretched for more than an hour and a half at the headquarters of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). A spokesperson for the DSCC did not respond to a request for comment. Platner’s campaign has been captivating and tumultuous in turns before the 9 June primary. A political unknown before 2025, the Maine oyster fisher and marine combat veteran’s plainspoken progressive pitch to voters resonated on social media and sparked conversation about the way Democratic candidates should position themselves against authoritarianism. His public appeal, polling numbers and considerable fundraising power earned the endorsement of senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ruben Gallego and other progressive stalwarts. Platner’s rise sidelined the Democratic Maine governor Janet Mills’s campaign to unseat Republican senator Susan Collins, who is running for a sixth term . Democrats must net four seats to win control of the Senate, and Collins is the sole Republican up for re-election who represents a state Kamala Harris won two years ago. …