Maine Gov. Janet Mills ended her Senate campaign on Thursday, saying she lacked the funds necessary to continue on to the June Democratic primary.
“While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources,” she said in a statement.
Her decision clears the way for oyster farmer and Army and Marine Corps veteran Graham Platner to be the party’s nominee against longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins, Senate Democrats’ top target in the November elections.
