WATCH LIVE: Platner rallies with Khanna for get-out-the-vote event
A scandal has marked recent days for Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner. Reports say he sent sexually explicit texts to women other than his wife, and other women who dated him have accused him of unsettling behavior. Amid this fallout, Platner is scheduled to join Rep.Ro Khanna at a get-out-the-vote event in Bar Harbor on Friday evening.
The article also notes Platner is currently the only major Democrat left seeking Maine’s Senate nomination after Gov. Janet Mills withdrew in April. The primary is set for june 9,and if Platner wins,he will face Sen. Susan Collins in the November general election.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is set to take the stage with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) at a get-out-the-vote event in Bar Harbor on Friday at 7 p.m.
The event will cap off what has been a scandal-filled week for Platner, after news broke that he had sent sexually explicit text messages to women other than his wife during his current marriage. Following this news, a New York Times story broke on Thursday in which multiple women who dated Platner accused him of “unsettling” behavior.
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Platner is the only major Democrat left running for the party’s Senate nomination in Maine after Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) dropped her bid for the seat in April. The state’s primary is set for June 9. If scandal-ridden Platner wins the nomination, he will take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in the November general election.
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