Graham Platner, who clinched the Democratic nomination in the Maine Senate race, has been embroiled in controversies that have made Democrats uneasy about their chances to flip a seat crucial to gaining Senate control.
Masked men set houses and vehicles on fire in Belfast after a Sudanese asylum seeker was arrested and accused of stabbing a man. Ignoring pleas for calm from politicians and clergy, rioters rampaged through heavily immigrant neighborhoods. Read more: wapo.st/4v4JU…
Graham Platner — who has been under scrutiny over online posts, a Nazi-linked tattoo and allegations he sent explicit texts — won Maine’s Democratic Senate primary.
Democrats see him as their best shot to oust Sen. Susan Collins (R) despite the revelations. wapo.st/49KOJ…