Platner Returns to Maine Stage | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 13, 2026 · 1m

Graham Platner, the former Democratic Senate nominee in Maine who dropped out amid sexual assault allegations, is set to make his first public appearance since stepping aside—speaking at a Labor Day rally in Ellsworth organized by Hancock County Activists. Though he denied the claims and cited his decision as a strategic move to focus on defeating the incumbent GOP senator, Platner’s campaign was marred by other controversies, including explicit texts sent while married and a Nazi-symbol tattoo he didn’t know he had. Now, with Troy Jackson officially replacing him as the Democratic nominee…