With Mills out, Maine Democratic convention is colored in shades of Platner

Graham Platner looks to unite Maine Democrats as their ‘presumptive’ Senate nominee

Maine Democratic Party convention-goers were relieved to focus on the general election, but some had mixed feelings about their prospects against GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

With Mills out, Maine Democratic convention is colored in shades of Platner

'He’s saying everything I want to hear,' one delegate, a Mills fan, said.

Democrats shrug off concerns about Graham Platner’s electability at Maine convention

PORTLAND, Maine — Democrats projected optimism at the party’s convention in Portland Saturday as they looked to ride energy behind progressives including Graham Platner and anger at President Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington. Just days after Gov. Janet Mills suspended a flagging U.S. Senate bid and Platner became the presumptive nominee in the race to oust five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins, hundreds of delegates and Democratic of…