Topic: Graham Platner

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The Democratic male's midlife crisis

Jeremy Fassler
Bernie Sanders attends during "Bernie Sanders: It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism" at Royal Geographical Society on February 22, 2024 in London, England. (Joe Maher/Getty Images For Fane)

Sanders to Emanuel: Shut up and go away

Alex Galbraith
Graham Platner speaks during a May Day rally organized by local unions, on May 1, 2026 outside City Hall in Portland, Maine. (Photo by Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Maine progressives still have a leg up

Russell Payne
Graham Platner withdrew from the Maine Senate race following an allegation of sexual assault from a former partner (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

MAGA is wooing Platner's male fans now

Amanda Marcotte
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) (GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Maine Senate race may pivot on abortion

Shefali Luthra, Grace Panetta - The 19th
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner looks from backstage before a town hall on October 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. (Photo by Sophie Park/Getty Images)

Platner was "electable" until he wasn't

Grace Panetta - The 19th
Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine.. (Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Platner exposes ugly truth of elections

Nicholas Jacobs - The Conversation
Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images)

The working-class Dems beyond Platner

Jason Kyle Howard
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Collins (R-ME) for Maine's U.S. Senate seat in the general election. (Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Platner drops out of Maine Senate race

Alex Galbraith
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine. Platner is the presumptive Democratic nominee and will face incumbent Sen. Collins (R-ME) for Maine's U.S. Senate seat in the general election. (Photo by Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Sanders: Platner should "step aside"

Alex Galbraith
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

Time's up for Graham Platner

Jason Kyle Howard
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine. (Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Platner denies sexual assault allegation

Alex Galbraith
Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Democrats run against "Epstein class"

Grace Panetta - The 19th
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall on June 7, 2026 in Portland, Maine. (Laura Brett/Getty Images)

Why do scandal-plagued candidates win?

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Voters cast their ballots at Town Hall in Kennebunk, Maine. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Ranked choice voting: Maine's new normal

David Daley
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner looks from backstage before a town hall on October 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. (Photo by Sophie Park/Getty Images)

Rural Maine may back Platner's populism

Nicholas Jacobs - The Conversation
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits a cultural center for the elderly on Oct. 31, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani knows how to win

Amanda Marcotte
Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a Democratic primary election night gathering after running on a platform of affordability. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani campaign vets lend Dems a hand

Russell Payne