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Will Maine voters extend 'forgiveness' to another Graham Platner controversy? | Newsmakers

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The anti-establishment candidate Graham Platner seemingly came out of nowhere to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for the Senate seat in Maine. But his campaign has been dogged by controversies: from old, deleted Reddit posts in which he made racist comments and blamed sexual assault on victims to a now-covered tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol. And most recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that Platner exchanged sexually explicit messages with multiple women early in his marriage.

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June 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM PDT

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