Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner submitted his official withdrawal from the state’s race July 10 following sexual assault allegations against him that he has vehemently denied.
Platner, who would have faced off against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) later this year, addressed the allegations last week in a post on X amid calls from his own party for him to exit the contest, and said in a separate follow-up post that he was suspending campaign operations.
“My name may have been on the ballot, but that ballot line belongs to the people of Maine,” Platner’s withdrawal letter read, which he posted on X. “Please consider this notice as my official withdrawal from consideration for this office.”…