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Graham Platner to hold Maine rally with Rep. Ro Khanna as scandals shake up campaign
The rally comes as Platner faces renewed scrutiny over explicit texts, a covered Nazi-symbol tattoo and online comments, while top Democrats keep backing him.
- On Friday, California Rep. Ro Khanna will join Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner in Bar Harbor for a get-out-the-vote rally ahead of Tuesday's primary election.
- Platner faces scrutiny over past controversies, including a covered-up Nazi tattoo and inflammatory Reddit posts dismissive of military sexual assaults, for which he has apologized.
- Prominent figures including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Ruben Gallego continue backing the candidate, emphasizing Democrats must prioritize flipping the U.S. Senate from Republicans this year.
- Former campaign staffer Genevieve McDonald reported Platner was "sexting multiple women while married," while his wife, Amy Gertner, released a video dismissing the coverage as "gossip."
- The winner of Tuesday's primary will advance to face Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November, though local officials worry additional scandals could emerge before the general election.
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Graham Platner to hold Maine rally with Rep. Ro Khanna as scandals shake up campaign
Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner is hosting his first major campaign event since media reports surfaced that he previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women while he was married.
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Bellows, Warren and Pingree Stand by Graham Platner as New York Times Report Raises Further Questions About His Treatment of Women
PORTLAND, Maine – Prominent Democratic leaders Shenna Bellows, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Hannah Pingree have publicly embraced Graham Platner as a trusted ally, a champion for working families and the kind of leader Maine needs in Washington. Their endorsements came after Platner’s offensive Reddit history and Nazi-associated tattoo had already become public. Then the [...] The post Bellows, Warren and Pingree Stand by Graham Platner as New…
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