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Maine voters, once loyal to Platner, abandon him after sexual assault allegation
By Praveena Somasundaram - 7/7/2026, 9:19 PM - 80 words
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Maine voters, once loyal to Platner, abandon him after sexual assault allegation
To Katie Herklotz, backing Graham Platner in his U.S.
Senate bid has felt like being stuck on a “roller coaster” for nearly a year.
In 2020, after Republican Sen.
Susan Collins won a fifth consecutive term to the Maine seat, Herklotz thought the state was ready for someone new.
“We just need a progressive lobsterman to run against her,” Herklotz, who works in insurance, remembered telling her friends.