Some Janet Mills Backers Want Her to Resume Her Maine Senate Campaign Against Graham Platner
Mills says votes for her will still count because she never filed withdrawal paperwork, even as Graham Platner faces scrutiny and leads the primary.
- On Monday, Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills reminded voters that her name remains on the June 9 primary ballot despite suspending her campaign in late April, signaling a potential return.
- Calls for Mills to resume her campaign follow reports that Graham Platner allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women while married, compounding earlier controversies over his Reddit posts and tattoo.
- Revelations surfaced over the weekend that Platner's wife, Amy Gertner, told aide Genevieve McDonald about the messages; McDonald confirmed details to media, noting the campaign had assessed the issue as a vulnerability.
- Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders defended Platner on Monday, stating he was "not at all" rethinking his support, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to comment on the escalating controversy.
- Although prediction markets give Platner a 96 percent chance of winning the June 9 primary, prominent Democrats are urging Mills to revive her bid as the contest is viewed as essential to flipping the Senate.
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Mills to Maine Voters: Psst, I'm Still on the Ballot
Maine's governor wants voters to remember something about next week's Democratic Senate primary: She never actually left it. Janet Mills, who halted her campaign in late April after progressive favorite Graham Platner surged, told the Portland Press Herald she only "suspended active campaigning" and remains on the ballot. Her reminder...
Janet Mills reminds voters she’s ‘still on the ballot’ against Platner as some supporters want her to campaign again
Some prominent supporters of Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ now-suspended run for US Senate suggested Monday she should revive her campaign in a last-ditch effort to stop Graham Platner as his bid becomes engulfed by another controversy.
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