Graham Platner’s anticipated exit from the Senate race in Maine has set off a scramble for an alternative.
On July 8, the same day the progressive Democrat announced he was suspending campaign operations, the leaders of the Maine Democratic Party rolled out plans for a nominating convention at a date to be determined. They have until July 27 to pick his replacement.
Platner’s deadline to withdraw is July 13.
Jana Spaulding, Maine’s deputy secretary of state for communications, confirmed that her office has not yet received the required paperwork from Platner.
“A public declaration is not an official withdrawal, and a candidate must formally withdraw to the Elections office in writing, including signature,” Spaulding wrote in an email to The Epoch Times in the early afternoon on July 9….