Scandal-plagued Graham Platner drops Maine Senate bid
The Hill
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Graham Platner, the oyster farmer whose populist platform took Maine by storm, dropped his Senate bid Wednesday night as controversies over his past stacked up, leaving Democrats without a nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall.
Platner’s decision comes after he easily won the Democratic primary despite a growing list of scandals, including revelations around a…
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