Platner's Wife Warned Maine Senate Campaign of Sexual Texts With Up to 12 Women
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Updated · The New York Times · May 30
Platner's Wife Warned Maine Senate Campaign of Sexual Texts With Up to 12 Women
4 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 30
Amy Gertner told a senior aide last summer that Graham Platner had been exchanging sexual messages with multiple women, according to current and former campaign officials.
Genevieve McDonald, the campaign's former political director, said Gertner reached out days before a Labor Day rally with Bernie Sanders and warned the conduct could become a political liability.
McDonald said Gertner described messages involving as many as a dozen women; officials confirmed the exchanges but differed on some details.
The disclosure hit as Platner's insurgent bid to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins was gaining traction in Maine, where female voters make up a large share of the electorate.
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