In the wake of a candidate criticized for his rhetoric on Israel and his Nazi-linked tattoo, members of Maine’s small, liberal Jewish population grapple with what has or hasn’t changed.
Ethan Wolin
Ethan Wolin from Washington, D.C., is a rising senior at Yale University where he served as the print managing editor for the Yale Daily News. He is assisting the Press Herald's politics team with election coverage this summer.
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In Graham Platner’s county, Democrats move toward a successor without letting go
Troy Jackson’s slate of favored delegates nearly swept Saturday’s Hancock County vote.
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Troy Jackson leads early in race for delegates picking Maine Senate Democratic nominee
Democratic committees in Maine’s 16 counties were set to meet this weekend to select the delegates who will ultimately decide the party’s nominee.
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Jordan Wood ‘paid a price’ for condemning Platner. Now he hopes it pays off.
At a news conference in Lewiston, the Senate candidate-turned House candidate-turned Senate candidate pointed to his call last October for Graham Platner to end his campaign as an advantage in a general election against Susan Collins.
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Nirav Shah opens bid to win over Platner supporters
The former public health official, whom Graham Platner did not favor in the governor’s race, cast himself on Thursday as another outsider who largely shared Platner’s policy positions.
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A breakdown of what Graham Platner said while ending his Senate campaign
The 11-minute video in which Platner announced his withdrawal mirrored the insurgent campaign he ran for 11 months.
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Maine’s Democratic primary was over. With Platner out of the race, it’s back on.
Graham Platner’s campaign and the Maine Democratic Party are openly sparring as an assortment of defeated Democrats line up to replace Platner on the ballot.
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‘Hugely disappointing’: Maine Democratic voters react to Platner rape allegation
Supporters are reeling and party officials are contemplating how they would replace the 41-year-old oysterman if he decides to withdraw from the race.
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Accused of sexual assault, Graham Platner says he’s weighing ‘the best path forward’
His campaign was shaken by another scandal Monday afternoon, a week before a deadline for him to drop out of the Senate race and be replaced on the ballot.
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Here’s how the Times/Press Herald/Siena poll works, and how to read the full results
The poll of likely Maine voters, based on hundreds of phone calls, paints a detailed picture of Mainers’ attitudes 5 months before the general election.