Over the weekend, Democrats received an unwelcome present when The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times broke the news that Graham Platner, the presumptive nominee in Maine, had sent sexually explicit text messages to multiple women early in his marriage.
The reporting immediately sent Platner’s backers into a defensive crouch, partially because he is now the likely candidate to challenge Sen. Susan Collins, the sole Republican up in a state that voted for a Democrat for president in 2024. Collins is the white whale for Democrats, given her massive crossover appeal.
