Maine Campaign in Turmoil: Mamdani’s Advisor Heads North Amid Platner Scandal

Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner, a self-avowed socialist, was the latest darling of the Democratic Party, which is in the process of rebranding itself as far left.

Even after a series of scandals involving Platner—a Nazi-themed tattoo, insulting a Purple Heart recipient, and several reported instances of sexual abuse—Democrats flocked to him as it looked like he could be the one to finally unseat incumbent moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

But after the avalanche of bad press and the polling began to change in Collins’ favor, and after another woman this week essentially accused Platner of raping her, Democrats began calling for Platner to drop out ahead of a July 13 deadline so they can replace him with someone who has far less personal baggage.