Platner won. Democrats are scared.
Now the general election in one of the highest-profile Senate races begins.
Democrats’ Graham Platner headache isn’t going away
The Party is in “purgatory” with Platner damaged but not dropping out, and no other Democrat emerging as an alternative.
Democrats agonize over Platner as Senate majority hangs in balance
Revelations that the married Maine Democrat exchanged explicit text messages with multiple women has some in his party worried about a “drip, drip, drip” dynamic in the critical race.
Janet Mills’ sudden exit has Democrats asking: What was Schumer thinking?
“There have been a lot of questions raised about the decisions,” one Senate Democrat said.
Janet Mills suspends campaign for Senate
The two-term governor says her struggling campaign ran out of money weeks before the Democratic primary in a race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Graham Platner is already effectively declaring victory in the Maine Senate primary
The Democratic candidate says he is ostensibly moving on to the general election, with Janet Mills’ absent from the airwaves.