Democrat Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, allowing members of the party to choose their new nominee this month. “I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate,” the progressive oyster farmer wrote in a letter posted to social media Friday, later adding that “my name may have been…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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