Platner campaign quietly polls potential replacements as pressure mounts
The poll tested head-to-head matchups between Republican Sen. Susan Collins and five possible Democratic replacements.
01:33 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platner cancels fundraisers, pulls down ads as he mulls campaign future
The moves come as the embattled nominee faces rising calls to drop his Maine Senate bid.
02:46 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdani calls on Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race
The New York City mayor never endorsed, but several of his top aides have played leading roles on the progressive oysterman’s campaign.
10:06 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Planned Parenthood to target GOP with $47 million midterm blitz
The near-record investment from Planned Parenthood Votes will fund efforts to unseat Republicans who voted to defund the abortion provider last year.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Anti-establishment avalanche buries a pair of Colorado Democratic stalwarts
Tuesday’s results reveal the depth of Democratic voters’ frustrations with Washington.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Dem candidates form Blue Collar Brigade to boost fundraising
Five candidates with blue-collar backgrounds are teaming up to boost their fundraising and their populist messaging ahead of November.
04:55 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Democratic socialist Melat Kiros topples a nearly 30-year incumbent to win Colorado House primary
The 29-year-old DSA-backed challenger ousted Rep. Diana DeGette, one of Colorado’s longest-serving Democrats, in the primary for the 1st District.
11:04 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platner ends Maine Senate campaign
He had lost significant support and financial backing among Democrats in the wake of a POLITICO report that a woman said he forced her to have sex. He denied the claim.
07:20 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories How Maine Democrats will replace Graham Platner
The party has until July 27 to replace Platner in the key battleground Senate race.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Graham Platner just dropped out. Heres who could replace him.
Several potential successors have already signaled their interest in seeking the Democratic nomination for Maine Senate.
08:18 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats Keep Falling for Political Fantasies. When Will They Learn?
Democrats keep falling for charismatic newcomers and viral candidates — and it keeps costing them elections.
04:55 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Why the House's Epstein investigation isn't going away
No smoking guns have been found, but the Oversight Committee is likely to continue probing powerful associates of the late, convicted sex offender.
03:45 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories 1 year in, ICEs mass detention policy is on the ropes
ICE's mass detention policy has been in place — and under fire in the courts — for a year.
04:00 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories The administration has a new climate change office. Its headed by a climate critic.
The office that produces the National Climate Assessment has been reconstituted, after the administration gutted it last year.
04:00 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump denies disaster aid for 4 Democratic-led states
The move deepens what Democrats say is the president's politicization of federal emergency management decisions.
11:53 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Europe prepares to go it alone as Trump returns to war in Iran
The president’s comments that the U.S. ceasefire with Iran had ended only cemented the sense among NATO members that they can no longer rely on America.
02:13 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump yelled at NATO leaders in public. In private, it was a different story.
The president started his visit to Ankara berating the NATO alliance. Something changed before he left.
10:18 AM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories The boy who cried wolf: NATO allies take Trumps bluster in stride
Alliance countries managed to extract some praise from the U.S. president in Ankara. But increasingly they’re making it clear it’s not their priority.
03:18 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories Fire with fire: How America First Legal plans to fight Democrats
AFL looks to expand beyond the Trump administration in upcoming legal battles with Democrats, all in a bid to be the right-wing ACLU.
03:00 PM on 07/09/2026 Politico Top Stories What Americans mean when they say theyre worried about a stolen election
New results from The POLITICO Poll show Democrats are worried about voter suppression while Republicans are worried about voter fraud.
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