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Platner’s bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
- The Washington Times

Graham Platner is poised to win his party’s Senate nomination Tuesday despite a campaign roiled by offensive Reddit posts he wrote years ago, a chest tattoo widely recognized as a Nazi symbol, and more recent reports of unsettling behavior toward women — a trajectory that would place him among a growing number of politicians whose personal failings have not derailed them at the ballot box.

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