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Maine
July 11, 2026
Emma Janssen
The Race to Replace Graham Platner Is Heating Up
Maine Democrats plan to stage a nominating convention to select their Senate nominee. They’ve already got a lot of options.
July 10, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Susan Collins May Be Chuckling, but She’s in Far Worse Trouble Now
She was pretty clearly going to beat a man credibly accused of rape. But now? There’ll be a normal Democratic candidate in a heavily Democratic state.
July 9, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Platner Ignored All His Team’s Advice in That Resignation Video
Maine’s Graham Platner spent 11 minutes railing against the establishment for taking him down. His team warned him not to take that route.
July 9, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Struggles to Form a Single Coherent Thought About Graham Platner
Donald Trump couldn’t seem to make up his mind on what Democrats should do now that Platner is out.
July 9, 2026
Perry Bacon
Graham Platner Was a Train Wreck—but Playing It Safe Is Not the Answer
OK, the Maine candidate came up snake eyes, big time. But that emphatically does not mean Democrats should retreat to milquetoast candidates.
July 7, 2026
Monica Potts
Graham Platner Got Way Too Many Passes
The Maine Senate candidate was rocked by one scandal after another, and yet he kept being forgiven by a progressive cohort that was enamored of his working-class cosplay.
July 6, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Platner Is Considering “Path Forward” After Sexual Assault Allegation
A woman has come forward to accuse Graham Platner, Maine’s Democratic candidate for Senate, of sexually assaulting her.
July 2, 2026
Greg Sargent
Two Maine Polls Just Dropped. Is It Time to Fret About Graham Platner?
The Democratic Senate candidate is pretty much tied with Susan Collins, but she’s trouncing him with working-class voters. Why, and can he turn that around?
June 10, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: Platner Is Testing A New Strategy to Defeat Susan Collins
Maine reporter Billy Kobin says the Maine election will be a test of whether Maine voters want the low-key politics of Susan Collins or the anti-billionaire fervor of Graham Platner.
Video is available for this article
June 10, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Graham Platner Is Testing a New Strategy to Defeat Susan Collins
Maine reporter Billy Kobin says the Maine election will be a test of whether Maine voters want the low-key politics of Susan Collins or the anti-billionaire fervor of Graham Platner.
Video is available for this article
June 10, 2026
Perry Bacon
Graham Platner Is Weakened—but He Can Still Win in November
Controversies about his past dogged the Democrat on the eve of the primary. But he still has a great chance of defeating Susan Collins.
June 8, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Mixed Feelings About Platner? Fine. But He Needs to Win. Case Closed.
I don’t know what to believe about Graham Platner’s past. But I know this. He hasn’t spent the last 40 years transferring trillions of dollars from working people to the very rich.
June 2, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ex-Trump Adviser Is Annoyed Republicans Had to Denounce KKK Leader
Oh, the horror!
May 1, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: Why Graham Platner Trounced Janet Mills in Maine
Maine reporter Alex Seitz-Wald says Janet Mills ran such a bad campaign that Graham Platner was almost destined to win.
Video is available for this article
April 30, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
How Graham Platner Trounced Janet Mills in the Maine Senate Primary
Maine reporter Alex-Seitz Wald says Governor Janet Mills ran a terrible campaign that ensured Graham Platner’s likely Democratic primary victory in Maine.
April 30, 2026
Perry Bacon
Graham Platner’s Next Fight Is Even More Consequential
With Governor Janet Mills dropping out of the Senate primary, we’ll now see if a progressive outsider can defeat a moderate Republican incumbent in a swing state.
April 30, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Janet Mills Pulls out of Senate Race Over Lack of Funding
Mills has trailed behind Graham Platner in the polls—and apparently also in fundraising.
April 16, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
One Democrat Sinks Iran War Powers Resolution to Rein in Trump
The resolution, aimed at ending Trump’s war in Iran, failed by just one vote in the House of Representatives.
April 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Mail-in Voting Order Hit With Massive Pushback in Blue States
Secretaries of state are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict voting by mail.
March 31, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
ICE Arrested Hundreds in Blue States. Here’s How Many Were Criminals.
The Department of Homeland Security keeps promising they’re getting rid of the “worst of the worst.”
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