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Episode 36: What's Next in Maine After Platner Drops Out, with Michael Shepherd (Bangor Daily News)
On Wednesday evening, Graham Platner announced that he was suspending his campaign for U.S. Senate in Maine ahead of a July 13 deadline to withdraw as the Democratic nominee against Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Platner’s move followed allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman he once dated, a revelation that became a final dagger for his already-damaged candidacy.
To react to this major development, Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley spoke with Michael Shepherd, the politics editor at the Bangor Daily News. They opened by discussing Platner’s combative 11-minute withdrawal…
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