Graham Platner officially filed to leave the race for one of Maine’s seats in the U.S. Senate on Friday after facing intense criticism for numerous scandals.
Democrats now have only 17 days under Maine law to find his replacement and take on the campaign to replace incumbent Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins.
‘My name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine.’
On Wednesday, Platner had posted a video excoriating the leaders of his own party and accusing them of betraying him in order to derail his far-left political agenda.
He continued that message in the statement he issued Friday.
“I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate,” Platner wrote.
“People are desperate for change. For this broken system
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