Platner stink is so bad that an old Dem jumped back in the race with can of Febreze
Just when Maine Democrats thought they had settled on a Senate nominee, the political circus rolled back into town.
Gov. Janet Mills — who effectively vanished from the campaign trail after suspending her Senate bid this spring — is suddenly reminding voters of one inconvenient fact: she never actually left the ballot.
That revelation lands at a particularly awkward moment for Democratic frontrunner Graham Platner, whose campaign has spent more time extinguishing scandals than talking about policy.
For months, Democratic insiders treated Platner as the inevitable nominee in the race to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Mills suspended active campaigning in April after fundraising woes stalled her campaign, clearing what looked like a smooth path for the progressive candidate.
But now Mills is signaling that reports of her political demise may have been exaggerated. “People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out,” Mills told a Maine columnist. “I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot.”
Gov. Janet Mills — who effectively vanished from the campaign trail after suspending her Senate bid this spring — is suddenly reminding voters of one inconvenient fact: she never actually left the ballot.
That revelation lands at a particularly awkward moment for Democratic frontrunner Graham Platner, whose campaign has spent more time extinguishing scandals than talking about policy.
For months, Democratic insiders treated Platner as the inevitable nominee in the race to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Mills suspended active campaigning in April after fundraising woes stalled her campaign, clearing what looked like a smooth path for the progressive candidate.
But now Mills is signaling that reports of her political demise may have been exaggerated. “People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out,” Mills told a Maine columnist. “I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot.”
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