Maine’s Platner race tests whether Trump-era politics lower the bar
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Democrats backing Senate hopeful Graham Platner in Maine say that, with Donald Trump in the White House and Senate control at stake, the era has lowered political standards and purity politics are less helpful, as they push to flip the Senate to check the president even as Platner faces past questions.
- Democrats have a one-word defense for supporting Graham Platner: Trump The Washington Post
- ‘Democrats want to win': Platner’s support reflects a changing party in the Trump era AP News
- Several Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior The New York Times
- Sen. Susan Collins rebukes Graham Platner’s 'corruption' allegation newscentermaine.com
- The Democratic fight over Graham Platner has just begun NBC News
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