Kevin Miller
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She's kind of an institution up here in Maine, but she's widely considered as one of the most vulnerable Republican senators this year because she's the only Republican running for reelection.
in a state that Donald Trump lost in 2024.
So this year, she's facing two top Democratic primary challengers right now.
Our current governor, Janet Mills, she's been in office for seven years.
She's been an attorney general here in Maine before that.
She's kind of a more moderate establishment candidate.
And then she's running against Graham Plattner.
He's a 41-year-old Marine Corps veteran, oysterman.
His campaign just absolutely kind of exploded onto the scene back in the summer, and he's generated a lot of interest.
Yes.
Graham Plattner has kind of tapped into this deep seated frustration that we're seeing everywhere with Democratic voters kind of stemming from the 2024 elections.
Right.
So he's he's young.
He's 41.
He's very nontraditional.
He's a combat tested Marine Corps veteran.
He deployed four separate times to Iraq and Afghanistan.
He's a fisherman.
He kind of taps into that frustration.
Mystique up here in Maine about the kind of the rugged coastline, a hardworking individual.