Graham Platner

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I think this race, no matter who the Democrat was, was always going to be a tight within the margin of error race.

That said, Plattner's been able to raise the money.

He's been able to hold the coalition together so far.

He hasn't had really, despite all these scandals, any defections from elected officials.

He's done these enormous number of town halls.

This is a small state where retail politics goes a long way in connecting with voters face-to-face.

can really make a difference.

And that's not something that Susan Collins does.

And in 2020, Democrats ran a

Squeaky clean, well-qualified candidate who raised twice as much money as Susan Collins and still lost by nine percentage points.

So I think there's a willingness or almost a sense of necessity among some Maine Democrats that we have to try something different.

And, you know, there's a good chance we're going to lose anyway.

So let's take a flyer on this guy and maybe he can do it.

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