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Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner ended his campaign on Wednesday after facing a detailed allegation of sexual assault, an astounding and...

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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. Platner’s decision comes after he easily won the Democratic primary despite a growing list of scandals, including revelations around a...