If this was about a Republican male?
It would NOT matter ONE Bit…..
Platner’s wife says she became aware of the actions and she and her husband HAVE worked things out ….
She stand’s behind her husband and her marriage…
Will it matter to Democrats in Maine , who have STRONG chance to steal a Republican US Senate seat from the Republicans next year….
We’ll see if this changes things in that US Senate Race for Democrats Platner who IS AHEAD of Republican Senator Susan Collins….
Graham Platner’s Wife Flagged Sexually-Explicit Texts
“Days after Graham Platner announced his Maine Senate bid, his wife informed the campaign about a potential political problem she had previously discovered on the oyster farmer’s phone: sexually explicit texts with several women,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Amy Gertner, who married Platner in 2024, told the campaign about messages she had found early in their marriage in the spring of 2025. In late August, as some aides were conducting opposition research on their own candidate, Gertner disclosed the texts to a campaign aide to make sure they didn’t pose a risk to her husband’s nascent campaign.”
“Aides ultimately decided the texts were a private matter that was being handled by the couple in marriage counseling.”
New York Times: “It was the kind of revelation with the potential to damage the political newcomer just as his campaign to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, was beginning to resonate with voters, especially in a state where female voters make up a large share of the electorate.”
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Platner says…”Yes he Did’….
Graham Platner exchanged sexually explicit texts with multiple women while married to his wife, Amy Gertner, his campaign confirmed to POLITICO on Saturday, the latest scandal he has faced since launching his Maine Senate campaign last year.
In a statement, Gertner slammed a former friend for spreading “malicious gossip” in the wake of a Wall Street Journal report that she had informed her husband’s campaign of the texts in late August.
“I confided deeply personal details about my marriage to someone I considered a friend,” she said. “In the months since, I have had to watch as she spread malicious gossip to anyone who would take her call. I trusted this person with the most private chapter of our lives — the early days of our marriage before any campaign was on our mind — and I am deeply hurt by her betrayal and the invasion of our privacy.”
While Gertner did not name the friend in question, Genevieve McDonald, a former senior campaign staffer who shared a screenshot of her texts with Gertner with The New York Times, responded by telling POLITICO that “the Platner campaign confirmed these events occurred.”
Gertner, who is paid by the campaign as its volunteer coordinator, said the pair’s relationship is “stronger than ever before.”
“We did the hard work that marriage requires,” she said. “We went to counseling. We were honest with each other in ways that weren’t easy. And we came through it, not in spite of how much we’ve been through, but because of how much we love each other and the life we’ve built.”…
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“I know who Graham is,” Gertner said. “I know the man I married and the husband he has been to me on the best and the worst days of my life. That hasn’t changed, and it won’t.”….
image….WSJ
Note …
With Platner’s rough edges?
The media IS having a spotlighted field day….
But this IS the Trump Era folks….
Graham Platner Cancels TV Interview
Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) cancelled an appearance on MS NOW after news broke of a new scandal involving sexually explicit texts, Mediaite reports.