Bernie Sanders stands by Maine oysterman taking on Susan Collins despite ‘racist’ posts and ‘troubling’ tattoo

Marine earned plaudits from some Democrats. Now his comments risk their chances of defeating incumbent Republican senator ...
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Sparks Flying in Maine’s Senate Race

Susan Collins remains forever unconcerned. One of the Republicans’ most reliable meme generators isn’t fretting over Janet Mills’s entry into the race for Maine’s Senate seat alongside oyster farmer G ...

Schumer backs Mills in Maine Senate race, pitting him against Sanders

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday endorsed Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) in the state’s 2026 Senate race against GOP Sen. Susan Collins. “We think that Janet Mills is the best ...

Deleted posts urging violence haunt Democratic Senate hopeful in Maine race

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner's 2018 Reddit posts calling police bastards and advocating armed resistance ...

‘I got older and became a communist’: Deleted posts show Maine Senate hopeful’s raw views on politics, war and police

Graham Platner, a Marine veteran turned oyster farmer, now disavows posts he made years ago, saying they came from a time ...

Maine Democrat running to unseat Susan Collins to stay in race after discovery of Reddit postings

The national chair of the Democratic Party says online comments made by a Senate candidate in Maine in which the candidate ...