A gay Maine man seeking Susan Collins’s senate seat says he isn’t buying Graham Platner’s redemption story

I believe deeply in second chances,” Democrat Jordan Wood told The Advocate. “But what I saw was someone who doesn’t ...

Graham Platner Stands By Concerns About Black People’s Tipping Habits

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner defended a 2013 Reddit post asking “why black people don’t tip,” telling Pod ...

What to know about Graham Platner, Maine’s embattled progressive Senate candidate

Graham Platner, since launching his bid for Senate in August, has garnered attention and support from the progressive wing of ...

Jake Auchincloss says controversial candidate Graham Platner should drop out of Maine senate race

Auchincloss, a Democratic US House representative from Newton, also criticized past political statements that Platner posted ...
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Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment

At some point, we have to recognize that we just don't know about the Maine Senate candidate's past motivations—or about much of anything else, either.

Democrats’ dilemma on Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner

If anyone thought recent revelations about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s past would give Democrats instant clarity ...

Graham Platner’s controversial past tests Democrats’ tolerance for imperfection

The list of explanations reliably rotated between some variation of the locker-room-talk excuse, the ...

Platner says Democratic Party ‘trying to destroy my life’

Graham Platner, the embattled Maine Senate candidate, accused his own party of trying to “destroy my life” during a packed ...