After Platner’s exit ^22.2%

www.salon.com - By Jason Kyle Howard - 7/9/2026, 4:25 PM

Appeal to Emotion 19.3% - Anecdotal 14.5% - Biased Writer Voice 13.6%

Graham Platner has mercifully concluded his time was up on Wednesday evening. In an 11-minute video, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate dropped out of the race even as he continued to forcefully deny a serious and credible allegation of rape from a former girlfriend reported Monday by POLITICO. He also displayed an... more