Graham Platner formally withdraws Maine Senate candidacy
Graham Platner officially withdrew his candidacy for Senate on Friday, according to Maine’s Secretary of State.
That office announced in a news release that it received a letter from the former Democratic nominee, a step required to formally withdraw his candidacy. The news comes two days after Platner publicly announced in an 11-minute video that he was suspending his campaign operations following an allegation of sexual assault, which he denied.
In a copy of the letter posted to social media, Platner cast his campaign as representative of “a new kind of politics” and the fact that “people are desperate for change.”
He wrote he “will be forever grateful” to his supporters, adding, “in submitting this letter today, I seek to further the movement we have built together and the future we believe in.”
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Kevin Frey is a congressional reporter for MS NOW.
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