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Maine state Rep. Valli Geiger, a Rockland Democrat, former nurse and former mayor, is drawing sudden national attention after saying Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner encouraged her to consider taking his place on the ballot in the Maine Senate race.
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Platner announced Wednesday evening that he will be dropping out of the Maine Senate race.
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Scandal-plagued Graham Platner has suspended his Maine Senate campaign in an earthquake development for the 2026 battle for control of the upper chamber after an ex alleged he raped her five years ago.
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The swift exit of Graham Platner from the Maine Senate race followed Eric Swalwell's similar exit from the California governor's race, but Republicans have taken a different tack.
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Graham Platner hasn't dropped out of Maine's U.S. Senate race, but the pressure continues to mount on him to do so, as Maine Democrats make a plan to choose a new candidate in the next two weeks.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat who campaigned for Graham Platner and filed to become a potential replacement for Platner on the U.S. Senate ballot.
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