The beleaguered campaign of Graham Platner has come to an end after a woman he dated formerly accused him of sexual assault.
Platner was seeking to defeat Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and help Democrats take back control of the U.S. Senate in the midterms before the bombshell report hit Monday.
‘We are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward.’
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Platner said he was suspending the campaign in a post Wednesday evening.
“My name might be on the ballot right now, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine,” he said.
“What comes next needs to come from the people of Maine,” he said in the video.
“We believe that for the movement to continue, it can’t be me. For
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