Graham Platner, the Bernie Sanders-backed Democrat running for Senate in Maine, is dealing with another personal scandal that his own campaign is now confirming.
According to multiple reports, Platner exchanged sexually explicit text messages with women early in his marriage to wife Amy Gertner.
What makes this one different is how it surfaced. Gertner reportedly told campaign aides about it herself, during the campaign’s own opposition research into their candidate.
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The campaign released a video of Gertner responding publicly on May 30.
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A message from my wife Amy: pic.twitter.com/dbDqjssevp
— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) May 30, 2026
Fox News Digital reported that Platner’s campaign confirmed the text exchanges to Politico after the Wall Street Journal first reported the story.
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