Maine Women Mourn Graham Platner's Senate Exit After Endorsements Collapsed Over Rape Allegation
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 10
Maine Women Mourn Graham Platner's Senate Exit After Endorsements Collapsed Over Rape Allegation
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 10
Summary
Some women in Maine who backed Graham Platner say they are angry and grieving after Democratic endorsements were pulled, helping end his Senate campaign.
Those supporters say their frustration is aimed less at Platner than at party figures they see as deciding from Washington who can represent them.
Cory Upton-Cosulich, 40, said she believed the rape accusation against Platner — which he denied — and other allegations, but supported him because she thought he would fight for working-class voters.
For those women, Platner's collapse became a broader symbol of alienation from a political system they believe ignores their lives and blocks anti-establishment change.