Alex Seitzwald

After winning Maine's Democratic Senate primary last night, Graham Platner thanked his parents.

I want to thank my mom and my dad.

Thanked his wife.

Amy, Amy, Amy.

thanked the people of Maine, and talked maybe a bit more than your typical politician about redemption.

Plattner, who got around 72% of the vote, will run against Republican Susan Collins in November.

He has so far weathered an impressively diverse series of scandals, including did he know that was Nazi imagery tattooed on his chest?

And why was he sexting women who are not his wife?

And was he physically violent with his exes?

Main voters decided they can live with all that.

Why, though?

That's coming up on Today Explained.

Alex Seitzwald, deputy editor of the Midcoast Villager in Camden, Maine.

What did Maine voters think about Graham Platner?

You live there.

You talk to people.

What's the read on him?

You will know that outside of Maine, there is so much speculation about who Graham Plattner really is.

Did he really know that that tattoo on his body was a Nazi tattoo?

Did he really mean what he said in those Reddit posts?