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Maine Democratic Senate Primary Intensifies as Mills Ad Targets Platner Over Comments About Women and Tattoo

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has launched her first negative ad in the Democratic Senate primary, escalating an increasingly bitter contest against progressive challenger Graham Platner in one of the party's top pickup opportunities of the 2026 midterms.

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Maine Sen. Susan Collins makes reelection bid official

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, New England’s sole Republican in Congress, formally launched her bid for reelection Tuesday.

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Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control

Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year

The Guardian - US

Fight over ICE takes center stage in contested Senate primaries

The fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minnesota is reverberating in Senate races nationwide.

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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

Virginia ‘Ginny’ Oliver, had entered the business when she was eight and liked ‘being along the water’

The Guardian - US

‘Lobster Lady’ of Maine, whose dedicated following includes Mark Hamill, dies at 105

The ‘Lobster Lady’ gained international recognition, including an invitation to join the Cardiff Royal Naval Association in Great Britain

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ICE arrests 100 people three days into Maine immigration crackdown, DHS says

Organizers say ICE agents have been targeting African nationals amid surge focused in Portland and Lewiston

The Guardian - US

Collins, Mills take different tacks on ICE's sweeping enforcement action in Maine

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state

The Independent UK

Could ICE raids in Maine swing its key Senate race?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Susan Collins is a barnacle who has clung to her seat for six terms. But Donald Trump is dumping a national issue in her backyard, and giving her opponent a chance to deal with it, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

Maine's governor demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge

Maine's Democratic governor has challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time numbers and information about detainees amid a sweeping enforcement operation in the state

The Independent UK

ICE has picked its next target as agents surge into Maine and arrest 50 in ‘Operation Catch of the Day’

The Department of Homeland Security said it intends to make 1,000 arrests

The Independent UK

Is Donald Trump now the GOP’s biggest obstacle to keeping the Senate?

ANALYSIS: Republicans are being forced to spend time and resources putting out fires that Donald Trump keeps setting, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

Inside Schumer's plot to retake the Senate

Schumer and Democrats will need to flip at least four GOP-held seats to reclaim a majority.

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Exclusive: Platner raises $5 million despite scandals

Platner's campaign said his average donation in the fourth quarter was $25.

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At the races: Trump the vote - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including Trump's return to the trail and retirements.

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The most vulnerable senators of 2026, a year out from Election Day - Roll Call

Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and Maine’s Susan Collins top CQ Roll Call's list of the most vulnerable senators of the 2026 midterm elections.

The Independent UK

Maine to vote on proposed red flag gun law inspired by mass shooting that killed 18

Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, voters are considering whether to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially dangerous person’s access to guns

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‘In this ’til the end’: Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner on refusing to quit amid furor over ‘Nazi’ tattoo

Platner’s populist campaign faces backlash over past comments and a contentious tattoo

Axios

Maine Gov. Mills, 77, won't release medical records as age become issue in Senate race

She's stepping into a generational battle within her party, as young progressives seek to push out the older establishment.

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At the Races: When the pain hits home - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and off-year elections.

Axios

Scoop: Graham Platner's campaign manager and longtime friend quits

Kevin Brown had started as the Maine Senate contender's campaign manager just last week.

Reason

Don't Get a Nazi Tattoo or Praise Hitler: Advice for New Politicians

Graham Platner's excuses aren't exactly persuasive.

Axios

"The Axios Show": Sanders blames "dark period" for Platner tattoo

"I suspect that Graham Platner is not the only American to have gone through a dark period."

The Independent UK

Maine Senate candidate covers up tattoo resembling Nazi symbol after blaming it on ‘drunk night out’

Platner has resisted calls to drop out of the race and has the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders

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