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Janet Mills drops out of race for US Senate

Mills ended her Senate campaign, saying she lacked the financial resources to continue.

Janet Mills drops out of race for US Senate
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Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate, saying she lacked the financial resources to continue. Her exit reshapes the Democratic primary, where Graham Platner leads David Costello and is preparing to challenge Susan Collins.

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Maine governor and former Senate candidate who suspended her campaign

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand
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Susan M. Collins
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Janet Mills Ends Her U.S. Senate Campaign

Outlets agree Janet Mills suspended her campaign for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, saying she lacked the financial resources to continue. Her exit left Graham Platner positioned to become the party’s nominee against Susan Collins. Left-leaning outlets frame her exit as clearing a path for Platner and question Democratic leaders’ recruitment choices. Center outlets largely report Mills’s funding explanation and Platner’s emergence as the likely nominee, alongside reactions from candidates and party figures. Right-leaning outlets spotlight controversies around Platner and present his likely nomination as a liability for Democrats.

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