Sanders Backs Platner as Maine Senate Odds Fall to 54% After New Allegations
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Updated · Forbes · Jun 6
Sanders Backs Platner as Maine Senate Odds Fall to 54% After New Allegations
3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jun 6
Summary
54% on Kalshi — down from 72% last month — left Graham Platner in a near toss-up against Sen. Susan Collins after new New York Times allegations from multiple women.
Bernie Sanders still reaffirmed support for Maine’s presumptive Democratic nominee, praising him on policy and not directly addressing claims that Platner created “toxic” relationships.
Platner denied allegations involving physicality, called some accusers politically motivated, and said he would only own up to past struggles with alcohol and being “not a good boyfriend.”
The latest scrutiny follows reports that Platner sent sexually explicit texts to several women; he and his wife have dismissed those disclosures as gossip ahead of Maine’s June 9 primary.