His run for the Maine US Senate seat IS a hot mess and he has lost his support …..
“Maine Democratic candidate Graham Platner appears to be holding the Democratic Party hostage — refusing to drop out after he was accused of rape unless he gets to approve his successor to run for the Senate,” the New York Postreports.
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“A top official with the Maine Democratic Party said on Tuesday night that Graham Platner’s team had been trying to ‘put their thumb on the scale’ in the party’s planning for his replacement as the Democratic nominee for Senate, but that he would have ‘no role’ in the selection process,” the New York Timesreports.
Said Devon Murphy-Anderson, the party’s executive director: “We have repeatedly reiterated to Graham Platner’s team that they have no role in determining our U.S. Senate nominee, nor in determining what this process looks like.”
Note….
Troy Jackson a former Maine Democratic leader looks like the probable replacement for Platner….
Sanders has fronted him and he’s just filed the paperwork.,..
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“Republicans are preparing to welcome a potential Graham Platner replacement in Maine’s Senate race with $8 million in negative ads, aiming to introduce a new Democratic nominee to voters on their own terms before Democrats can,” Axios reports.
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