Platner weighs exit from Maine Senate race as rape allegations roil campaign

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Graham Platner’s campaign is navigating an exit from the consequential Maine Senate race after a rape allegation against the Democratic nominee undercuts support; he may announce via a recorded video later today, with adviser Morris Katz set to meet with him, as Maine parties prepare a replacement process by late July and confront a July 13 deadline for naming a nominee if he steps aside.
- Platner’s campaign working to navigate exit from consequential Maine race, sources say CNN
- Democrats accuse Graham Platner of trying to put ‘thumb on the scale’ of process to replace him The Guardian
- Perhaps the Nazi Tattoo Was a Clue The Atlantic
- These Maine Democrats Might Replace Graham Platner in the Senate Race The New York Times
- Fetterman: Platner seems ‘entitled’ to be part of talks to pick replacement The Hill
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