Warren Endorses Platner in Fight to Flip Maine Senate Seat

Senator Elizabeth Warren threw her support behind Democratic populist Graham Platner’s effort to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins.

“Graham Platner is going to flip Maine and then actually deliver change for working people in the Senate,” the Massachusetts Democrat said in a statement. “He’s a combat veteran, an oyster farmer, and has inspired people with his populist agenda for a government on the side of working families — not the billionaires and giant corporations.”

Graham Platner

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Platner, 41, is running in the June 9 primary against Maine Governor Janet Mills, who has the support of the Democratic establishment. But ...