US EditionSen. Sanders Endorses Graham Platner and Troy Jackson for Senate and Governor
Bernie Sanders highlighted the need for progressive leadership amid political challenges, endorsing candidates who oppose income inequality and the Trump administration.
- On Labor Day Monday, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Graham Platner for U.S. Senate and Troy Jackson for governor at Portland's Cross Insurance Arena before over 6,500 attendees.
- The 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour has drawn hundreds of thousands across 18 states, with Sanders criticizing the Trump administration's economic policies as favoring oligarchy.
- Platner and Jackson highlighted their working-class backgrounds and aims; Platner, a former Marine and oyster farmer, pledged to protect reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ community, saying `I am running because it is time for change`, while Jackson emphasized supporting working families, seniors and Wabanaki tribes' sovereignty.
- Both candidates now face primaries as they seek nominations ahead of the 2026 elections, and Sanders framed the endorsements as part of a push to build a grassroots movement.
- Sanders pointed to a RAND Corporation study this year finding a $79 trillion wealth transfer upward and advanced a policy agenda including Medicare for All, Social Security, housing, and food costs amid 24% Democratic favorability.
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Bernie Sanders boosts Susan Collins's challenger at rally
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spent Labor Day giving a platform to Graham Platner, a Democratic challenger to Sen. Susan Collins (D-ME). Platner joined Sanders in Portland, Maine, on Monday for a Fight the Oligarchy rally. Sanders endorsed Platner over the weekend. “Together with the labor movement of Maine, together with @BernieSanders,” Platner wrote on X. “We will defeat the oligarchy, and we will defeat Susan Collins.” Together with the labor…
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Sanders, Jackson, Platner Take Aim at Oligarchy With Maine Labor Day Rally
"We do not live in a system that is broken. We live in a system that is functioning exactly as it is intended," said Graham Platner, running for US Senate. "We live in a system that has been built by the political class to enrich and support billionaires on the backs of working people."
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