Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner said Wednesday he is suspending his campaign for Maine's closely watched Senate race days after a woman accused him of sexual assault, an allegation he has categorically denied.
Platner announced in a social media video posted that his campaign would halt operations, saying the movement behind his candidacy should continue without him. He maintained that suspending his campaign was not an admission of wrongdoing and repeated his denial of the allegation that surfaced earlier this week.
