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Posted on 07/11/2026 12:41:10 PM PDT by Libloather
Maine Democrats announced it will hold its convention July 25 to pick a new nominee for US Senate to run in Graham Platner’s place in November — but some party members aren’t waiting until a new name emerges from the ashes of the accused rapist’s campaign.
Prominent lefties in Congress are already raising money — claiming the fate of the entire party is at stake.
“Our path to flipping the Senate runs directly through Maine. If we flip Maine, we flip the Senate,” Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) wrote in a desperate fundraising email Friday.
“But if Susan Collins wins, Trump gets two more years of unchecked power,” she pleaded, asking her base in New York to send $100,000 for an “emergency fund” for Maine by midnight.
“If we don’t flip this seat, our hopes of flipping the Senate are crushed,” added Gillibrand, who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The early fundraising pitch is also a way for Maine Democrats get a campaign war chest going before they have a new candidate who might not be all that appealing.
And most of those who have thrown their hats in the ring to replace Platner — who is dropping out after a woman publicly alleged this week he drunkenly raped her in 2021 — are all literal losers.
The leading contenders are all Democrats who lost in the party’s primary for Maine Governor just last month.
Former director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nariv Shah, came in second in that race, while Maine fifth-generation logger, Bernie Sanders-backed Troy Jackson, was third and Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows got fourth place.
In addition to losing in the governor primary, Bellows, 51, also lost badly to Susan Collins — the Republican nominee she’ll face off against if...
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Ro Khanna bankrolled pro-Platner rally after women’s ‘unsettling’ allegations exploded into public view
The left always needs a crisis. Once people are happy, they actually start to think for themselves. That often leads to a rejection of leftist ideology. That’s why there is crisis after crisis for them.
I think I would rather meet a fifth generation lager, at least he would have a head
Graham Platner strategist who recruited disgraced Senate candidate also an accused sex pest
And the grift goes on
And the grift goes on.
There is JUST enough time to form a few more PACS and Nonprofits! Collect millions, give a few dollars to the campaign, and Buy Large Mansions!
> He's a lumberjack and he's OK...
No, no, no, you've got it all wrong.
It's not "logger". It's "lager", kinda like beer only weaker.
Or maybe "slogger". Likes to wade into swamps and drink deeply from the corruption.
Or maybe "slagger". Likes to eat the scum at the top of a pile of liquid metal.
Most likely "lagger". Always behind.
Wouldn't it be a gas if a whistleblower would come forth with all of the November ballots already filled out for Platner.
,,, the whole party is at stake and it's dependent on someone with Platner's character? Bring back Billy Jeff Klinton. He can still walk to the edge of a stage so he's one up on Biden and he's a qualifier for "character".
“Platner is the face of the Democrat party... They all supported him. He could be the ‘Willie Horton’ of the 2026 congressional campaign.”
Unfortunately Lee Atwater died, and he was the ONLY Republican strategist (at least in my lifetime) who ever figured out that it’s better for Republicans to run against Democrats, rather than run against Conservatives.
So that gay guy who is now the top Republican strategist will simply, once again, claim that pointing out the WIDESPREAD Democrat support for Platner is ‘divisive’, and our feckless candidates will, again, be afraid to swing at a hanging curve ball.
Yes Slick can make history by being a senator post-presidency. Just like John Quincy Adams had a House career for 17 years after his presidency.
“ So that gay guy who is now the top Republican strategist will simply, once again, claim that pointing out the WIDESPREAD Democrat support for Platner is ‘divisive’, and our feckless candidates will, again, be afraid to swing at a hanging curve ball.”
I think the GOP problem is that they’re uniparty and prefer democrats majority
Troy Jackson threw a water bottle and hit a woman with it in a drunken rage at a political event. There is more going to come out too
Maine Democrats approve 600-person convention to pick Graham Platner’s replacement
Bangor Daily News ^ | July 8, 2026 | Michael Shepherd
Posted on 7/9/2026, 3:05:34 PM by fwdude
Party of fools 7th
I think the Post is generally really good. But that headline writes a check the article fails to cash
Responding to post 20.
Mills was no longer a candidate, but left her name on the ballot. She got 19% of the vote. She has said absoulutely nothing since this mess started on Monday. She was seen leaving the state for vacation.
There 8 people who have thrown their hat in the ring. They need to get 500 sigs to be incontention. The Maine Dems state committee is not really some group of party insiders. This convention is going to be a mess and possibly result in a hung jury with no consensus.
On a side note, the party has apparently canceled their annual summer Lobsterbake scheduled for Sunday, July 19. I already saw one county had scheduled their caucus for that date.
Az Joe wrote; Troy Jackson threw a water bottle and hit a woman with it in a drunken rage at a political event. There is more going to come out too
The alleged incident happen at a senate legislative dem caucus. These are meetings were the parties go off to private rooms to discuss strategy during the legislative session. It happened behind closed doors where only dem state senators were at. It was also several years ago and I have not been able to find reporting on it from that time period.
It will come out
Platner comes from so much wealth, he served 4 tours, and got a high from killing people. He may go postal in Maine.
The new candidate will be like Mr Bean.
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