{"id":2610243,"date":"2026-06-03T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platner-memo-reveals-campaigns-strategy-after-scandals\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:22:39","slug":"platner-memo-reveals-campaigns-strategy-after-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/platner-memo-reveals-campaigns-strategy-after-scandals\/","title":{"rendered":"Platner memo reveals campaign&#8217;s strategy after scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplatner-memo-reveals-campaigns-strategy-after-scandals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2610243&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The memo from Graham Platner\u2019s campaign says it is indeed responding to a newly surfaced scandal in which Platner is accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >sending sexually explicit texts<\/a> to multiple women during his marriage. To counter the fallout, the campaign plans to emphasize his current polling edge over incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a strong fundraising surge, and messaging that Maine voters remain focused on the issues rather than the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a Public Policy Polling survey of 670 Maine registered voters, the campaign claims Platner leads Collins 49% to 45%, with about 6% undecided. It also notes that while Platner\u2019s margin has narrowed compared with a May poll where he led by 9 points, voters who were told about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-shake-up-earle-sears-surging-miyares-overtakes-jones\/\" title=\"Virginia shake-up: Earle-Sears surging, Miyares overtakes Jones\">texting scandal<\/a> still preferred Platner by four points. The memo similarly highlights that fundraising reportedly increased, including a rise in small-dollar donations-particularly from Maine voters.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign argues Collins is losing \u201cher grip\u201d because she is not addressing what voters care about, especially cost of living and whether they still trust her. It adds that even after hearing negative data about both candidates, the poll results remained favorable to Platner.The report comes after Platner met with national Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer, and after questions about the scandal were addressed evasively.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign team for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maine\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"193\">Maine<\/a> Democratic Senate hopeful <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22643\">Graham Platner<\/a> reportedly sent out a memo on Wednesday revealing its strategy to boost the candidate after a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4588537\/platner-wife-sexually-explicit-texts-aide\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4588537\/platner-wife-sexually-explicit-texts-aide\/\">new scandal emerged<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platner\u2019s campaign plans to highlight his polling lead over incumbent Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1302\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME), a strong fundraising week, and Maine voters maintaining their support for him following reports that Platner sent sexual texts to multiple women during his marriage, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aseitzwald\/status\/2062203619521245308\/photo\/1\">memo<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4593205\/democrats-under-fire-adam-hamawy-ties-1993-world-trade-center-bombing-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats under fire over New Jersey candidate\u2019s ties to 1993 World Trade Center bombing: Guy Benson<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4593203\/thune-copycat-candidate-dan-sullivan-senate-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Thune calls out \u2018bizarre\u2019 copycat candidate in Dan Sullivan Senate race: \u2018Designed to confuse\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4592727\/socialism-tests-democratic-party-future-guy-benson\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Guy Benson: Is the Democrats\u2019 Socialist makeover a death wish?<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign said the bottom line is that Collins is \u201closing her grip\u201d on Maine\u2019s voters because she is not focusing on the issues they care about. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a race against an incumbent losing her grip on voters who put her there,\u201d the memo said. \u201cMaine is focused on the cost of living and whether it still trusts Susan Collins. Across the board \u2014 the poll numbers, the fundraising, the conversations with voters \u2014 all signs point in our favor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His campaign highlighted a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sKlb0NNxUIQWQghegeCBjVyOgHhAepGk\/view\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sKlb0NNxUIQWQghegeCBjVyOgHhAepGk\/view\">Public Policy Polling survey<\/a> conducted following news of Platner\u2019s extramarital exchanges reported over the weekend.\u00a0The survey found that Platner has a 4-point lead over Collins in a head-to-head matchup in the general election, with 49% for Platner and 45% for Collins. The survey consisted of 670 registered voters in Maine, and roughly 6% said they were undecided. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While his campaign touted his 4-point advantage, the margin decreased from polls conducted in May before the sexually explicit texting scandal. A University of New Hampshire <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/maine-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html\">poll conducted from<\/a> May 21-25 favored Platner by 9 points over Collins. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent PPP poll also asked participants who they preferred after hearing negative information about each candidate. For Platner, participants were told about the recent texting scandal, and for Collins, they were told the senator \u201cused her position as US Senator to help steer over $50 million in government contracts to her husband\u2019s company,\u201d claims that the <em>Associated Press<\/em> said were unfounded in 2020, but Platner has continued to boast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After receiving the negative information, surveyed voters still favored Platner by a 4-point margin. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign also said it has seen \u201csome of the strongest fundraising\u201d thus far in the days after Platner\u2019s controversy dominated the news cycle. It said there was an 18% increase in small-dollar donations compared to the previous week, with Maine voters driving a 27% increase. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for Maine voters, Platner\u2019s campaign framed them as unbothered by his controversies because of his platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey care that you\u2019re fighting for their hospitals, their wages, their housing, and their kids,\u201d the reported memo said. \u201cThis campaign has always been about the ideas that will move Maine forward.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-graham-platner-makes-senate-democrats-squirm-with-blitz-through-dc\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4592717\/graham-platner-ends-trip-dc-nyc-early-media-family-house\/\">GRAHAM PLATNER ENDS TRIP TO DC AND NYC EARLY AFTER MEDIA SHOWED UP AT FAMILY\u2019S HOUSE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports of the damage control memo follow Platner\u2019s meeting with national party leaders, including Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY), who later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4592115\/schumer-graham-platner-meeting-senate\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4592115\/schumer-graham-platner-meeting-senate\/\">sidestepped several questions<\/a> about the exchange, reaffirming the party\u2019s determination to unseat Collins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Platner\u2019s campaign for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memo strategy: boost Platner amid new scandal-poll lead, fundraising, voter support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2610244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25309659852225-e1780511754835.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35835,5894,7169],"class_list":["post-2610243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-strategy","tag-politics","tag-scandals"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP25309659852225-e1780511754835.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610247,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610243\/revisions\/2610247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}