Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner’s wife admitted to his campaign that he had sent sexually explicit texts to women early in their marriage, according to multiple reports.
“People familiar with the matter” told the Wall Street Journal that Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, reportedly shared with an aide in August that she had found the sexually explicit messages “early in their marriage in the spring of 2025.”
Gertner’s admission to sending the messages came as “some aides were conducting opposition research on their own candidate.” The aides’ opposition research on Platner came as “the campaign had been preparing for a major rally” with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), according to the outlet.
A campaign official explained that “Aides ultimately decided the texts were a private matter that was being handled by the couple in marriage counseling.”
Gertner explained in a statement that she had thought “She was confiding in
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