Nirav Shah is making fundraising calls to gauge Maine Senate race
Shah said he has preliminary donor pledges and could reuse his governor campaign apparatus if Platner exits the race.
- On Thursday, Dr. Nirav Shah, former Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate to defeat incumbent Senator Susan Collins after Democrat Graham Platner withdrew.
- Platner suspended his campaign Wednesday following sexual assault allegations from former romantic partner Jenny Racicot, who alleged he assaulted her in 2021; Platner continues to deny the claims.
- Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson has officially entered the race, joining a crowded field of candidates. The Maine Democratic State Committee is organizing a roughly 600-person convention to select the nominee by July 27.
- Shah pledged to support Medicare for All and hold Donald Trump accountable, while Jackson wrote that "our systems have been rigged for the ultra-wealthy oligarchs for far too long."
- Democrats must quickly select a nominee to challenge five-term Senator Susan Collins in a race projected to draw nearly $500 million in spending, more than double Maine's previous record.
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Nirav Shah enters Maine Senate race after Platner drops out due to sexual assault allegations
Indian American epidemiologist and former public health official Nirav D. Shah on Thursday joined the U.S. Senate race from Maine after Democratic nominee Graham Platner dropped out amid sexual assault allegations. Shah announced his campaign a day after Platner withdrew. This comes just weeks after Hannah Pingree defeated Shah in Democratic primary for governor in Maine. Shah had initially emerged as the frontrunner in first-choice votes on ele…
Some former Platner volunteers are rallying behind Nirav Shah
Former Graham Platner volunteers Liv Drewniak and Erin Evans vouched for Nirav Shah as his replacement. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star)When Erin Evans of Portland learned of the sexual assault allegations against Graham Platner on Monday evening, she said the news felt like a gut punch to her and fellow volunteers. Evans, a small business owner who served as the Rosemont neighborhood captain for Platner’s campaign said “it was lik…
Cooper joins Schiff, Schumer calls for Platner to exit Senate race
Candidates for North Carolina’s US Senate seat this fall continue to play close with national party politics just more than eight weeks before voters start marking ballots. There’s been virtually no change in polling in the 11 months since Democrat Roy Cooper and Republican Michael Whatley formally announced intent. Cooper has led, maintains a war chest advantage according to the Federal Election Commission, and is trending to be the first from …
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