{"id":5193,"date":"2026-07-07T23:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:06:56","slug":"maine-democrats-scramble-for-plan-to-replace-embattled-platner-if-he-ends-senate-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5193","title":{"rendered":"Maine Democrats scramble for plan to replace embattled Platner if he ends Senate campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>\n            Maine Democrats are rushing to come up with a plan to quickly replace Graham Platner, their embattled Senate nominee, if he ends his campaign in the wake of a rape allegation that has left him hemorrhaging support from longtime allies.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5183\">Trump admin shared confidential information on Iranian asylum seekers as it worked to deport them, lawsuit alleges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Platner has denied the allegation, made by a woman he previously dated, and has not said whether he plans to leave the race. After CNN and Politico reported the assault allegation Monday, Platner said he would \u201creflect on the best path forward\u201d for his Senate bid.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But amid mounting calls for him to quit, including from notable progressive backers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, several Maine Democrats have said they are weighing running if he exits the race. A source familiar with the matter said the Maine Democratic Party, which called for Platner to drop out, is working through what a potential nominee replacement process would look like.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The next few weeks will be critical for Democrats as they try to rescue their effort to win the seat and flip control of the Senate. Maine is the only state former Vice President Kamala Harris won in her 2024 presidential campaign that now has a Republican senator up for reelection. But incumbent Sen. Susan Collins has shown an ability to defy the political odds, and has previously defeated several Democrats who weren\u2019t weighed down by controversies.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Maine Democratic Party officials are aiming to have \u201can open, transparent process,\u201d and ideas floated include a mini convention or caucus, the source familiar with the matter said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            If Platner withdraws from the race before 5 p.m. ET Monday, the Maine party would have until July 27 to submit a replacement name to the secretary of state.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            State law doesn\u2019t specify how parties must choose their candidate, but the party would be under considerable pressure to give voters a voice, avoiding the political fallout surrounding Harris\u2019 presidential bid after she replaced then-President Joe Biden as the nominee in 2024. Already, Platner\u2019s former allies on the left are stressing that any replacement should echo the current nominee\u2019s progressive, anti-establishment politics.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A number of Democrats who have previously run for higher office in the state are considering seeking the Senate nomination if it becomes available, sources told CNN. Former gubernatorial candidates Troy Jackson, a past state Senate president, and Shenna Bellows, Maine\u2019s secretary of state, are both considering running, according to sources familiar with their thinking. Jackson filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to create an exploratory campaign Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks during a May Day rally in Portland, Maine, on May 1.\" class=\"wp-image-5189\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93ccb0e4da095cafd16c17f5fbfc5920.jpg\" width=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93ccb0e4da095cafd16c17f5fbfc5920.jpg 683w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/93ccb0e4da095cafd16c17f5fbfc5920-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks during a May Day rally in Portland, Maine, on May 1.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Graeme Sloan\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Troy Jackson speaks during a\" class=\"wp-image-5190\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3b2660d84814cbdac73877c983d076aa.jpg\" width=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3b2660d84814cbdac73877c983d076aa.jpg 683w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3b2660d84814cbdac73877c983d076aa-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Troy Jackson speaks during a &#8220;Fighting Oligarchy&#8221; campaign rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders in Portland, Maine, on May 25.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Amanda Sabga\/Reuters<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Rep. Jared Golden, who announced last year he wouldn\u2019t seek reelection to Maine\u2019s competitive 2nd Congressional District, has received \u201cmany, many calls urging him to run,\u201d but hasn\u2019t said anything about what he\u2019s thinking, a source close to the congressman told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Dan Kleban, the founder of Maine Beer Company who briefly sought the Senate nomination, is also \u201cseriously weighing\u201d a campaign, a source close to him told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cViolence and abuse have no place in our politics or our society, and for the sake of our state, he needs to step aside immediately,\u201d Kleban wrote in a column on Substack, where he renewed a previous campaign blueprint. \u201cMainers deserve leaders who will fight for them against the DC establishment while also doing what\u2019s right.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Nirav Shah, a former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention who also sought the governor nomination, said he is evaluating whether he should seek the Senate nomination. He stressed that Maine voters should hear directly from the candidates and said that anyone running for the nomination should commit to at least one televised debate and hold multiple town halls.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI am committed to doing that, if I run,\u201d he wrote. \u201cDefeating Collins means showing up everywhere and speaking with everyone.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            State Sen. Joe Baldacci, who came in second place in the Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District, told CNN he isn\u2019t jumping into the race but is \u201cgoing to see how things shake out.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maine state Sen. Joe Baldacci speaks during a news conference on high gas prices in Bangor on June 8.\" class=\"wp-image-5191\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2947a72775b2e1ecf0a1874b17f4974f.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2947a72775b2e1ecf0a1874b17f4974f.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2947a72775b2e1ecf0a1874b17f4974f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Maine state Sen. Joe Baldacci speaks during a news conference on high gas prices in Bangor on June 8.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Graeme Sloan\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            He noted that while some potential candidates are putting their names out there, Platner hasn\u2019t dropped out. \u201cI know people feel that it\u2019s imminent, but I don\u2019t think that it\u2019s definite,\u201d Baldacci said.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5175\">Michael Cohen says an unexpected text repaired his relationship with Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Another potential contender is two-term Gov. Janet Mills, though it\u2019s unclear after her initial lackluster Senate bid how much support she could generate. Mills lost the nomination to Platner last month after suspending her campaign in April. CNN has reached out to Mills\u2019 team.\n    <\/p>\n<h2>\n        Seeking a transparent process\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Platner\u2019s campaign has faced scrutiny over several moments from his past, including over a now-covered tattoo with Nazi origins, controversial since-deleted posts, and allegations of unsettling behavior toward women.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Jenny Racicot told CNN on Monday that Platner entered her home without permission and raped her while he was heavily intoxicated nearly five years ago when they were in a casual dating relationship. Platner denies the allegation.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            After CNN and Politico reported on the allegation, several prominent Platner allies called for him to leave the race, including Sanders, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ruben Gallego, and state and national grassroots groups.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jenny Racicot\" class=\"wp-image-5192\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dfc5645c763c4a2c4f688bc1ad9799f5.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dfc5645c763c4a2c4f688bc1ad9799f5.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dfc5645c763c4a2c4f688bc1ad9799f5-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Jenny Racicot<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>CNN<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Platner\u2019s campaign hasn\u2019t detailed his next steps, but a person close to the campaign said they think the candidate \u201cknows it\u2019s over\u201d but he wants to \u201cuse the movement he created\u201d to influence who will replace him.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s not clear what process the Maine Democratic Party would use to select a new nominee if Platner exits the race. The party\u2019s executive director, Devon Murphy-Anderson, said in a Monday statement that the process would be \u201cinclusive,\u201d though she didn\u2019t provide details.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe Maine Democratic Party hopes that we have broad participation of Mainers and Democratic voters in what happens next,\u201d Murphy-Anderson said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            A convention or caucuses in a small nominating window could benefit candidates who already have strong support bases they can quickly mobilize, said Toby McGrath, a longtime Maine Democratic strategist.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Jackson, who was also endorsed by Sanders and campaigned alongside Platner, has support among labor groups, McGrath said. Bellows, like Platner, was endorsed by the Maine People\u2019s Alliance, a progressive grassroots group.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt really comes down to who has the best organization, and those two folks \u2014 Shenna Bellows and Troy Jackson \u2014 just ran and they actually have a grassroots following,\u201d McGrath said. \u201cAnd if you can bring more people to a caucus, that\u2019s how you win.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But other potential candidates could benefit from their distance from the current nominee. The source close to Kleban noted he never endorsed Platner.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cDan has never talked to Graham in his life,\u201d the source said. \u201cI think other candidates will be tarnished by their close connection to Graham.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There\u2019s also a question of what influence Platner would have in the process to choose a new nominee. Platner would not be able to pick his replacement if he exits the race, and his endorsement would almost certainly be unwelcome by candidates. But he could play a role in uniting the party behind a new candidate.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIf, as Graham said, he\u2019s creating a movement, I think his responsibility and his duty to that movement is to talk to those people and convince them to do what\u2019s right for that movement, which would be getting behind the Democratic nominee,\u201d McGrath said.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=5173\">Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden and the growing epidemic of politicians hiding health problems<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Jeff Zeleny contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Democrats are rushing to come up with a plan to quickly replace Graham Platner, their embattled Senate nominee, if he ends his campaign in the wake of a rape allegation that has left him hemorrhaging support from longtime allies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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