Maine Dems planning convention for next candidate after scandal-ridden Graham Platner drops out of Senate race

Source: New York Post

Maine Democrats voted Wednesday to hold a convention after Graham Platner dropped his bid for US Senate following accusations of rape — marking the final blow to his scandal-scarred campaign. Platner faced enormous pressure from within the party this week to bow out after revelations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021 surfaced.   Maine is critical for Democrats’ efforts to retake control of the US Senate in the midterm elections, leaving a race to fill the vacuum left by Platner, a progressive — as the party hopes to defeat longtime Republican Sen.