Also nationally, the midterm elections look like an uphill battle for Democrats to win a majority in the upper house of Congress, where they hope to curb the power of President Donald Trump. In addition to unseating Collins, the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate, Democrats must keep all of their existing seats and then
The Maine Democratic Party has announced that it will select a new candidate at a convention in the next two weeks. Media reports indicate that hundreds of delegates will weigh in on the election. The party will have to tread carefully in nominating a replacement aligned with the policies Platner successfully carried out, while ensuring
He worries, however, that voters will find it difficult to unite behind a new candidate in just three months. “What worries me most is that we govern someone and he or she loses, and then we spend the next four years pointing out whose fault it was,” he said. In this year’s primaries across the
Patrick Dempsey wrote in a recent op-ed for the Portland Press Herald that he “really thought” about running for Senate in Maine after Democratic candidate Graham Platner was accused of sexual assault. However, he ultimately decided to leave the job for someone more qualified. “Over the past few days, I have been asked a question
SCARBOROUGH, Maine– Democrat Graham Platner has so far said nothing about whether he will drop out of the Maine Senate race after an ex-girlfriend accused him of sexual assault. Platner, who denies the allegation, has faced considerable pressure from his own party to drop out of the race. The first-time candidate has also been accused