Maine Democrat Platner rejects allegations before Senate primary (opens in new tab)

Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, told supporters at a Friday rally in Bar Harbor that allegations about his past were false and politically motivated, days before the state’s Tuesday primary. The Associated Press reported that the crowd numbered nearly 600 and gave Platner a standing ovation before he began speaking. Recent reports have described sexually explicit messages Platner sent to several women while married and a New York Times account i...