Search for Graham Platner's replacement underway after Senate campaign suspension
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Graham Platner has suspended his U.S. Senate campaign in Maine following a sexual assault allegation, leaving Democrats scrambling to select a replacement candidate within three weeks.
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Graham Platner, the scandal-filled Maine leftist who came under fire over a Nazi tattoo and faces allegations of rape and sexual harassment, suspended his Senate campaign Wednesday after Democrats mounted a pressure campaign to force him out of the race.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a primary election event on June 9 in Blue Hill, Maine. Platner announced Wednesday he was suspending his campaign amid a sexual assault accusation. Platner has called the accusation false.
Populist Democrat Graham Platner has suspended his campaign to be Maine’s next U.S. senator after a report published Monday in which a woman accused him of sexual assault. The sexual assault allegation against Platner is the latest controversy to come the oyster farmer-turned political candidate’s w…
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner said in a video statement Wednesday he was suspending his campaign, clearing the way for Democrats to select a new candidate to take on Republican Sen.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is suspending his campaign against GOP Sen. Susan Collins, after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her five years ago.
Fellow Democrats pulled their support this week after published reports featured a woman who said Platner sexually assaulted her while intoxicated in 2021.
Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race, will suspend his campaign amid allegations of sexual assault from past girlfriends. Platner announced he would end his Senate bid in a video posted to social media on Wednesday, bowing to pressure from party leaders and top p…
Maine Democrat announced Wednesday that he's suspending his U.S. Senate campaign after being accused of assault. He continues to maintain his innocence. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
In a video posted on X, Graham Platner announced he is ending his Senate campaign after a woman accused him of sexual assault in 2021. Platner denied the allegation as “false” but said that he was suspending campaign operations. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
Graham Platner, the scandal-plagued Maine Democrat whose U.S. Senate campaign became a national test of whether an insurgent progressive could survive repeated revelations about his past, said Wednesday night that he is suspending campaign operations and intends to withdraw from the race.
Maine Democrat Graham Platner announced Wednesday that he is "suspending campaign operations" for his Senate bid. Platner indicated that he intends to withdraw from the race — but said the process to replace him "needs to be driven not from back rooms, but by the will of the people.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has suspended his campaign following sexual assault allegations. He has denied all claims. The 41-year-old announced his decision in a social media video on Wednesday. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
WASHINGTON >> Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine suspended his campaign today following a string of controversies, including an accusation of sexual assault, that have plunged one of the most competitive races in the 2026 midterm elections into turmoil.
Talking heads are saying that Graham Platner withdrew from the US Senate race in Maine, but that is not correct. All the news stories report that he suspended his campaign and that he canceled his upcoming campaign events. Suspending and withdrawing are very different things.
