Platner's bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate
08-06-2026 22:03 via washingtontimes.com

Platner's bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate

Graham Platner is poised to win his party's Senate nomination Tuesday despite a campaign roiled by offensive Reddit posts he wrote years ago, a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, and more recent reports of unsettling behavior toward women -- a trajectory that would place him among a growing number of politicians whose personal failings have not derailed them at the ballot box.
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