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Maine oyster farmer Graham Platner are leaving fellow Democrats in an uncomfortable holding pattern until Tuesday’s primary. Some Democrats are wishcasting that Gov. Janet Mills — who [suspended her campaign for Senate in April
primary, Platner is expected to handily beat his closest Democratic rivals: environmental consultant David Costello and Governor Janet Mills, who will remain on the ballot despite announcing her withdrawal from the race. ## Contests for Maine
primaries today.** Voters will cast their ballots for the U.S. Senate, House, governor and other officials. A significant amount of attention is focused on Maine's Senate race, where political newcomer Graham Platner
MAINE (R-Collins) TOSS-UP:** Republican Sen. Susan Collins has survived many challenges through the years. In this midterm season, in a blue-leaning state and with an unpopular president, Democrats think this
Maine, [the group posted that Graham Platner,](https://x.com/nrsc/status/2048411208869458165) the Democratic primary polling leader, “said that violence with a gun was a necessary means to achieving social change.” It’s a [reference to since
primary](/news/2026/6/8/maines-platner-faces-test-as-four-us-states-hold-midterm-primary-votes) for the Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Senator Susan Collins. Platner’s victory on Tuesday came after days of questions over damaging revelations about his past personal conduct, particularly
primary matter? Democrats pulled off a pair of upsets in Georgia’s 2020 race for the US Senate. Both of the state’s US Senate seats were on the ballot that year, after an unexpected
Democrats are favored to win the House of Representatives, though a supreme court decision that decimated the Voting Rights Act could allow for more Republican-leaning districts and complicate the picture. The race for Senate
significant number of Black and Latino men decided to move away from the Democratic Party. Democrats, she said, shouldn’t expect support because of longstanding relationships. “I think we need to be transactional voters
main reason. Chiltern had planned to start running trains with only a driver, opposed in principle by the RMT and Aslef, the drivers’ union. Many driver-only operations already exist.  endorsed one of his opponents. And after years of trying to convince his voters that he was still supportive of the president even though he had voted
main issues in the election, Bonner said: “It’s the guns and it’s the immigration. Everybody’s familiar with Paxton’s scandals*.”* Keenly aware of those scandals, Republican leaders pleaded with Trump to stay
primary, Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, a former Democratic candidate for the Senate [and a partner at Ascend Strategy Labs](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/republican-primary-runoff-texas)*,* a social justice consulting firm in Austin, said that “if Ken Paxton becomes