Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the populist Platner resembles Donald Trump in key ways.
July 09, 2026
These Maine Democrats could run to replace Graham Platner in the Senate race
July 09, 2026
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July 08, 2026
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July 08, 2026
Democratic nominee Graham Platner hasn’t resigned from the Maine U.S. Senate race following an allegation of sexual assault
July 07, 2026
Maine Democrats dismiss Platner efforts to involve himself in how candidate gets picked if he ends Senate campaign
July 08, 2026
Maine's embattled Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner faces pressure to drop his candidacy following a sexual assault allegation he has denied.
July 08, 2026
Ocasio-Cortez endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race
July 02, 2026
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary
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Vance says he believes AOC will be leading Democratic candidate in 2028
July 01, 2026
Colorado voters won't get to decide this November on whether to change the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats
June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court handed Trump an election case defeat. Is a bigger win for him coming?
June 30, 2026
The Democratic Party is confronting its long-standing dilemmas over identity and ideology as it wrestles with populist challengers in communities of color
June 28, 2026
Trump ramps up attacks on Democrats as ‘godless Communists’ ahead of November’s midterms
June 27, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for a national “billionaires' tax” and suggests the U.S. government should own a stake in AI companies
June 26, 2026
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary
June 25, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party
June 25, 2026
The new power broker: How Zohran Mamdani muscled NYC’s Democratic establishment
June 24, 2026
Zohran Mamdani sharply criticizes Democratic Party as he rallies with progressive challengers
June 19, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is testing the limits of his newfound political muscle in a bid to reshape the Democratic Party, even if it means challenging his own party’s leadership
June 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that something should be done to stop mail-in voting in Utah ahead of the state's primaries next week.
June 19, 2026
Polarization and negative partisanship have lowered the standards for whom Americans are willing to support.
June 18, 2026
Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement
June 13, 2026
Former Albanian leader Sali Berisha, now the head of the main opposition party, said on Friday that the United States has lifted a travel ban placed on him in 2021.
June 12, 2026
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Graham Platner’s campaign implosion highlights the hollowness of America’s political parties and how they can be hijacked by insurgents
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