The 58-year-old logger running for U.S. Senate has led ‘with his heart,’ ruffling feathers along the way.
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Susan Collins calls oversight hearing over Trump’s $33B ask for Iran war
Maine’s senior senator, the chair of the appropriations committee, said the funding is needed to protect troops and restore munitions.
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Does Monsanto v. Durnell bar Maine from adding differing health warnings to pesticide labels? | Fact brief
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturned a Missouri jury’s decision to award $1.25 million to a farmer who alleged that he developed cancer after using Roundup.
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8 Democratic Maine Senate hopefuls to face off in TV debate
The debate will start at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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How the Biddeford ICE killing upended the Maine Senate race
Democratic candidates had been strategizing about the party’s snap primary to find a new U.S. Senate candidate. They were forced to pivot to immigration after a federal agent killed a Biddeford man.
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Graham Platner wanted his movement to outlast him. Now comes the ‘ultimate test.’
Can another candidate inspire the movement that Platner built?
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Graham Platner formally drops out of Maine’s Senate race
He announced he was leaving Wednesday. On Friday, he made it official.
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Graham Platner was ‘electable’ — until he wasn’t
Democrats say they want a fighter. Does it have to be a White man?
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Maine Democrats urging Platner to drop out, criticize his team for trying to affect how he would be replaced
Party leaders say they want a process that’s inclusive, open, transparent and fair to all candidates, and have criticized the Platner campaign for trying to influence the selection procedure.
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Who could replace Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate race? Here are the names being floated.
Several of the candidates from June’s gubernatorial and congressional primaries say they’re interested.