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It's Not Just Graham Platner That Needs To Go.

The writer argues that Mills ran a weak campaign and failed to scrutinize Platner before his controversies became politically damaging.

It's Not Just Graham Platner That Needs To Go.
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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026
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A Daily Kos community writer argues that Graham Platner should leave his Senate campaign and faults Bernie Sanders, Janet Mills and others for supporting him or failing to scrutinize him. The piece also criticizes Elizabeth Warren for backing Platner.

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Janet Mills D · ME
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This story reports what happened without casting Mills in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Mills’s record.

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Maine Senate candidate criticized for her campaign and for not investigating Platner

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Bernie Sanders
I · VT · SEN

Senator criticized for endorsing Graham Platner

Sanders's version of this story ↗

Maine Senate candidate whose campaign and supporters are criticized

Platner's version of this story ↗
Tulsi Gabbard
Former U.S. Representative (D-HI)

Former Sanders endorsee mentioned as an example of Sanders’s judgment

Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Maine senator whose campaign is said to have found damaging material about Platner

Former president mentioned in connection with Ryan Grim’s past reporting

Elizabeth Warren
D · MA · SEN

Senator described as having supported Platner

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