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Inside the Democratic jockeying to replace Graham Platner
At this writing, Graham Platner remains the Democratic nominee to face Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November. But if he stays in the race, Platner will do so without the backing of his party and many people who have stuck by him through a long list of scandals.
The final straw came Monday when Politico published an account from a former girlfriend who said that in 2021 Platner showed up at her house, uninvited and drunk, and raped her.
Platner called the allegation “categorically false.” But the blowback was so fast and fierce that leading Maine Democrats and their allies immediately scrambled to position themselves as his replacement.
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From the Opinion Page
“It is possible that heavy-truck traffic has decreased at least partly for reasons other than the connector route.”
Opinion: The case for I-395 connector route is not yet proven