Senate Democrats urge a reluctant party to embrace Platner
Senate Democrats want their party to offer the Ken Paxton treatment to Graham Platner after clinching Maine’s Democratic nomination for Senate. Hungry to oust longtime centrist Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), early supporters of the embattled progressive candidate say it’s time their colleagues drop lingering skepticism over personal baggage to embrace the party’s best chance at […]
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Senate Democrats want their party to offer the Ken Paxton treatment to Graham Platner after clinching Maine’s Democratic nomination for Senate. Hungry to oust longtime centrist Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), early supporters of the embattled progressive candidate say it’s time their colleagues drop lingering skepticism over personal baggage to embrace the party’s best chance at winning the toss-up seat. Recommended Stories Trump says Graham Platner is a ‘thug’ and a ‘pig’ Graham Platner fires back: ‘They want to talk about me, not Maine’ South Carolina and Nevada Democrats chose their challengers for swing races and other primary takeaways “If Democrats want to win the Senate, as I’m sure they do, I think they’re going to rally around the Democratic nominee in Maine,” Sen.
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